China and Southeast Asia's Ethnic Chinese - State and Diaspora in Contemporary Asia

Bolt uses the relationship between China and Southeast Asia's ethnic Chinese as a case study, and he focuses on the potential role of a diaspora in the economic and political development of its homeland as well as the role of the state in dealing with transnational economic actors.

He examines China's post-1978 policy of attracting ethnic Chinese investment in light of historical relations between China and its diaspora community, demonstrating that China has, through various measures, consistently aimed at tapping the resources of Asia's ethnic Chinese. He then analyzes the contributions that ethnic Chinese have made to China's development, showing that such contributions have been tremendously important both in terms of the accumulation of capital and the transfer of business skills. Bolt probes how ethnic Chinese intervention in China's economy has affected the politics of the Chinese state. He concludes by looking at the international implications of Chinese development being spurred largely by a Chinese diaspora community, and he demonstrates how China's efforts to attract ethnic Chinese investments have complicated China's relations with Southeast Asia and led to discussions of a Greater China. An important analysis for scholars, researchers, and policy makers involved with contemporary Southeast Asian and Chinese political, military, and economic issues.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

China and Asia's Ethnic Chinese
Asia's Ethnic Chinese: Characteristics and Networks
Overseas Chinese Remittances and Investments
China's Reform Era Policies Toward Ethnic Chinese and the Ethnic Chinese Response
The Economic and Political Effects of Ethnic Chinese Investments in China
International Implications of China's Policies and Ethnic Chinese Investments in China
Economic Cooperation Between China and Singapore
Conclusion
Bibliography
Index

Über den Autor / die Autorin

PAUL J. BOLT is Associate Professor of Political Science at the United States Air Force Academy. He has published extensively on Chinese diaspora and economic issues in journals, such as Diaspora and Asian Affairs.

Produktdetails

• Autoren: Paul Bolt, Bolt Paul J.
• Verlag: Bloomsbury
• Sprache: Englisch
• Altersempfehlung: 7 bis 17 Jahre
• Produktform: Fester Einband
• Erschienen: 30.09.2000
• EAN: 9780275966478
• ISBN: 978-0-275-96647-8
• Themen: Sozialwissenschaften, Recht,Wirtschaft > Politikwissenschaft > Politische Wissenschaft und Politische Bildung; China, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Emigration & Immigration, POLITICAL SCIENCE / International Relations / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Anthropology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / World / Asian, International Relations, South East Asia, Migration, immigration & emigration, Regional Studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, Regional / International studies, Physical anthropology, Relating to migrant groups / diaspora communities or peoples, Geography and World Cultures: Culture