The Price and Promise of Specialness
The Political Economy of Overseas Chinese Policy in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1959
Published on 13. June 2019
Book
Hardback
292 pages
978-90-04-40070-2 (ISBN)
Description
In The Price and Promise of Specialness, Jin Li Lim revises narratives on the overseas Chinese and the People's Republic of China by analysing the Communist approach to 'overseas Chinese affairs' in New China's first decade as a function of a larger political economy.
Jin Li Lim shows how the party-state centred its approach towards the overseas Chinese on a perception of their financial utility and thus sought to offer them a special identity and place in New China, so as to unlock their riches. Yet, this contradicted the quest for socialist transformation, and as its early pragmatism fell away, the radicalising party-state abandoned its promises to the overseas Chinese, who were left to pay the price for their difference.
Jin Li Lim shows how the party-state centred its approach towards the overseas Chinese on a perception of their financial utility and thus sought to offer them a special identity and place in New China, so as to unlock their riches. Yet, this contradicted the quest for socialist transformation, and as its early pragmatism fell away, the radicalising party-state abandoned its promises to the overseas Chinese, who were left to pay the price for their difference.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Leiden
Netherlands
Target group
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
sewn/stitched
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 239 mm
Width: 160 mm
Thickness: 23 mm
Weight
181 gr
ISBN-13
978-90-04-40070-2 (9789004400702)
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Person
Jin Li Lim, Ph.D. (2016), London School of Economics and Political Science, is a historian of modern China. He has published scholarly chapters and articles on China, as well as on other aspects of Singapore history, and fashion and cultural studies.
Content
Acknowledgements
Glossary of Chinese Terms
List of Abbreviations
List of Figures
Introduction
?1?The Political Economy of Overseas Chinese Policy
?2?Historiography
?3?Structure and Scope
?4?Sources
1 Rights and Interests
?1?Introduction
?2?New Democracy and the Huaqiao
?3?To Do Some Good
?4?Openness and Sincerity
?5?Common Program
?6?Conclusion
2 Screaming for Socialism
?1?Introduction
?2?Like Another Province Overseas
?3?If Only 1%
?4?All Huaqiao Have Money
?5?Conclusion
3 No Complaints, No Escapes, No Shortfalls
?1?Introduction
?2?They Will Fervently Leap
?3?Rather Left than Right
?4?More Money, More Problems
?5?Conclusion
4 Fourth-Class Socialism
?1?Introduction
?2?'Is the Overseas Chinese Affairs Bureau Your Daddy?'
?3?Special Circumstances
?4?The Great Debate
?5?Conclusion
5 Politics in Command
?1?Introduction
?2?A Great Leap Forward for Qiaowu
?3?Keep Left
?4?Conclusion
Conclusion
?1?Political Economy
?2?Contradiction
?3?Paradox
?4?Caveat Emptor
Appendices
?Appendix I: Overseas Chinese Remittances to the People's Republic of China, 1950-1960
Bibliography
Glossary of Chinese Terms
List of Abbreviations
List of Figures
Introduction
?1?The Political Economy of Overseas Chinese Policy
?2?Historiography
?3?Structure and Scope
?4?Sources
1 Rights and Interests
?1?Introduction
?2?New Democracy and the Huaqiao
?3?To Do Some Good
?4?Openness and Sincerity
?5?Common Program
?6?Conclusion
2 Screaming for Socialism
?1?Introduction
?2?Like Another Province Overseas
?3?If Only 1%
?4?All Huaqiao Have Money
?5?Conclusion
3 No Complaints, No Escapes, No Shortfalls
?1?Introduction
?2?They Will Fervently Leap
?3?Rather Left than Right
?4?More Money, More Problems
?5?Conclusion
4 Fourth-Class Socialism
?1?Introduction
?2?'Is the Overseas Chinese Affairs Bureau Your Daddy?'
?3?Special Circumstances
?4?The Great Debate
?5?Conclusion
5 Politics in Command
?1?Introduction
?2?A Great Leap Forward for Qiaowu
?3?Keep Left
?4?Conclusion
Conclusion
?1?Political Economy
?2?Contradiction
?3?Paradox
?4?Caveat Emptor
Appendices
?Appendix I: Overseas Chinese Remittances to the People's Republic of China, 1950-1960
Bibliography