Overseas Chinese Affairs Policy of the PRC from Jiang Zemin to Xi Jinping (Part 1)

 
PIIS013128120016159-5-1
DOI10.31857/S013128120016159-5
Publication type Article
Status Published
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Occupation: Leading Researcher
Affiliation: Institute of Far Eastern Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Address: Russian Federation,
Journal nameProblemy Dalnego Vostoka
EditionIssue 4
Pages26-37
Abstract

The article is devoted to the PRC's overseas Chinese affairs policy during the reign of Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, and Xi Jinping (1993 — present).During this period, the previously created mechanisms of foreign policy towards Overseas Chinese (huaqiao-huaren) and domestic policy towards re-emigrants and relatives of emigrants and re-emigrants (guiqiao-qiaojuan) became a flexible system, which can adapt to the Chinese and international reality, and effectively attracting the resources of the diaspora to the implementation of large-scale projects and initiatives of the PRC.

The first part of the article analyzes the theoretical views and attitudes of Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, and Xi Jinping to work with the Chinese diaspora. It presents the theory of overseas Chinese as a unique resource and advantage for the large-scale development of the PRC; as a "three great available opportunities" for building a moderately prosperous society, combating separatism, developing public diplomacy; and as an important part of foreign relations of China and an as a supporting force for the stimulation the state's development. It outlines the guiding ideologies, key principles, and objectives of this work. It analyzes the main directions of foreign policy towards overseas Chinese. The author focuses on the issues of protecting the rights and interests of compatriots abroad, uniting the Chinese diaspora, attracting huaqiao-huazhen to the development of trade and economic cooperation of the PRC with foreign states and business, and organizing the participation of huaqiao-huazhen in the reunification of the motherland.

The second part of the article is devoted to the analysis of the domestic policy towards overseas Chinese.

KeywordsThe RRC, Chinese Diaspora, Overseas Chinese (huaqiao-huaren), Chinese Emigrants (huaqiao), Ethnic Chinese with Foreign Citizenship (huaren), theoretical approaches, foreign policy
Received13.04.2021
Publication date20.08.2021
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