Overview

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.

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Author:   Jin Li Lim
Publisher:   Brill
Imprint:   Brill
Volume:   13
Weight:   0.590kg
ISBN:  

9789004400702

ISBN 10:   9004400702
Pages:   278
Publication Date:   13 June 2019
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

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

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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.

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