The Price and Promise of Specialness : The Political Economy of Overseas Chinese Policy in the People's Republic of China, 1949-1959.

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Glossary of Chinese Terms -- Abbreviations -- Figures -- Introduction -- 1 The Political Economy of Overseas Chinese Policy -- 2 Historiography -- 3 Structure and Scope -- 4 Sources -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 2 Screaming for Socialism -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Like Another Province Overseas -- 3 If Only 1% -- 4 All Huaqiao Have Money -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 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 -- Chapter 4 Fourth-Class Socialism -- 1 Introduction -- 2 'Is the Overseas Chinese Affairs Bureau Your Daddy?' -- 3 Special Circumstances -- 4 The Great Debate -- 5 Conclusion -- Chapter 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 -- Appendix Overseas Chinese Remittances to the People's Republic of China, 1950-1960 -- Bibliography -- Index.

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 'overseas Chinese affairs' in New China's first decade as a function of a larger political economy.

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