Propaganda beyond state borders: the deployment of symbolic resources to mobilize political support among the Chinese diaspora

Yan, Xiu-Tian; La, Li

doi:10.1080/09512748.2021.1968020

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“…This is to create an image of the communist government as the one that has successfully incorporated these two cultures into the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation (Liu & Bin, 2013, p. 36). As some scholars argue, the Chinese government has worked hard to form a symbolic home with a history shared by Chinese citizens and those of Chinese ancestry, and with itself as ‘the owner and defender of the homeward memory’ (Yan & Li, 2021, p. 4). Chinaʼs United Front Work Department has also focused on ‘winning the youth back’ (Suzuki, 2019, p. 91).…”

Section: Chinaʼs Diaspora Diplomacy and The Pacificmentioning

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Chinaʼs diplomacy and diaspora perceptions: Evidence from the Pacific region

Zhang

2023

Asia & Pacific Policy Stud

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Chinese diplomacy has been proactive under Xi Jinping and overseas Chinese are an important target. A better understanding of how overseas Chinese perceive Chinese diplomacy can increase our knowledge, but it is under‐studied in the literature. To fill part of this gap, this research focuses on the Pacific region where Chinaʼs activities have triggered growing geostrategic competition between traditional powers and China. Based on a survey of 182 ordinary overseas Chinese in Fiji and Tonga, this paper examines Chinese diasporaʼs perceptions of three aspects that are related to Chinaʼs diplomacy, including the Belt and Road Initiative, China‐Pacific bilateral relations, and old‐new Chinese issues. The survey reveals nuances in ordinary overseas Chinese views about Chinaʼs diplomacy, especially the concerns and apathy among some of them. It suggests that ordinary overseas Chinese support for Chinaʼs diplomacy is unlikely to grow substantially unless their views about this diplomacy become more positive.

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Section: Chinaʼs Diaspora Diplomacy and The Pacificmentioning

confidence: 99%

Chinaʼs diplomacy and diaspora perceptions: Evidence from the Pacific region

Zhang

2023

Asia & Pacific Policy Stud

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“…Específicamente para el caso de la RPC, Ross (2006) caracteriza la relación con su diáspora como compleja y contradictoria; mientras que Wang Jisi (2006) indica que el Estado tiene una posición central en la relación, en la que radicaría la singularidad del caso. Empíricamente, mientras algunos contextos como Estados Unidos de América fueron estudiados de manera prolífica (Li, 2005;Yan y Li, 2021), quedan aún sin atender los nuevos destinos de los migrantes chinos, es decir, lo relativo a los países de Europa y América Latina; y el análisis sistemático no tanto de las políticas y objetivos del Estado sino de los roles que este desempeña en el desarrollo de su diáspora (Liu, 2010). Intentado realizar un aporte en los puntos indicados, en este artículo indagaremos los roles que el Estado despliega en el desarrollo de la diáspora, centrándonos en España y Argentina como destinos recientes de los "nuevos migrantes chinos".…”

Section: El Vínculo Entre China Y Su Diásporaunclassified

diásporas chinas en España y Argentina: una tipología para analizar las relaciones diáspora-Estado en el caso chino

Denardi

Wang

Baumann

2023

MIG

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Centrándonos en Argentina y España, proponemos una tipología de los mecanismos que el Estado chino utiliza para interactuar con su diáspora. Aunque el covid-19 ha vuelto a poner en escena la diáspora china y su vinculación con los países de acogida, rara vez se ha analizado el rol del Estado de origen sobre su vida diaspórica. Teniendo en cuenta los casi 60 millones de chinos de ultramar y el creciente protagonismo de la RPC en el orden internacional, estas dinámicas resultan de gran relevancia. Basándonos en el concepto de “oro y gloria”, encontramos una fuerte interdependencia entre ambas instituciones: mientras el Estado chino moldea las acciones de sus comunidades overseas en sus diferentes realidades económicas, políticas, sociales y culturales, también se beneficia de sus acciones en el extranjero. Extraemos nuestros datos de las noticias sobre la diáspora china en España y Argentina a través de la técnica de web crawler

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“…It is necessary to turn our Overseas Chinese compatriots into friendly messengers to promote cooperation and exchanges between China and host countries. (Xie 2011) Underlying this geopolitics-centered reorientation of the "overseas united front" and "diasporic public diplomacy" are contemporary diaspora policies' soft rhetoric and communicative subtleties (Yan and Li 2021). To reduce negative responses to its growing economic clout and geopolitical prowess, Beijing allocates to emigrants the duty of "telling China's stories well" (jianghao zhongguo gushi) among international audiences (Ding 2015).…”

Section: Reframing Chinese Diaspora As Public Diplomatsmentioning

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“…Interviewees at the Wuse Department of Publicity added that in line with this communicative and grassroots approach of soft power projection, diasporic public diplomats’ duties mostly involved uncontroversial cultural events, such as kite festivals, tea tasting, Chinese calligraphy courses, and Chinese New Year performances. The hometown authorities also recruited diasporic media ( huawen meiti ) – that is, diaspora-owned newspapers, news websites, and television stations – to enhance China's overseas image (see also Yan and Li 2021). Many leaders of these diaspora media, who are elite emigrants themselves, bear multiple honorary titles bestowed by the Chinese state and shoulder informal responsibilities in diasporic public diplomacy.…”

Section: Reframing Chinese Diaspora As Public Diplomatsmentioning

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When Diaspora Politics Meet Global Ambitions: Diaspora Institutions Amid China's Geopolitical Transformations

Liu

2022

International Migration Review

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Through a case study of China, one of the largest emigration states and a rising global power, this article probes how a homeland state envisions diaspora politics amid geopolitical transformations. Drawing on historical, policy, and interview data, I argue that China's changing positioning toward Chinese emigrants, triggered by the state's geopolitical vicissitudes, has reshaped and repurposed diaspora institutions. I find that since the 2010s, China's diaspora policies have shifted away from soliciting diasporic support for domestic economic growth and national unification and toward liaising externally with migrants to expand Chinese soft power abroad. In consequence, diaspora institutions with more extensive overseas connections and flexible working experiences have taken precedence over formal state agencies specialized in domestic policymaking. This article makes two theoretical contributions to a multilevel understanding of diaspora politics as traversing simultaneously the domestic and global political fields. First, following neo-pluralism, I examine China's diaspora bureaucracy as composed of a diverse set of state entities with distinctive, or even contradictory, interests, orientations, and philosophies. These organizational variations shape diaspora institutions’ different strengths and fluctuating significance in China's shifting geopolitical strategies. Second, by situating emigrants and diaspora institutions in the macrohistorical framework of world politics, this article pushes research on diaspora politics into more profound dialog with world-systems theory. Rather than assuming an asymmetric interdependence between weaker emigration countries and hegemonic immigration countries, I demonstrate how an aspirational homeland state seeks to challenge this established world order and accomplish its geopolitical ascendancy through diaspora re-strategizing and institutional reshuffling.

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Propaganda beyond state borders: the deployment of symbolic resources to mobilize political support among the Chinese diaspora

Cited by 4 publications

References 29 publications

Chinaʼs diplomacy and diaspora perceptions: Evidence from the Pacific region

Chinaʼs diplomacy and diaspora perceptions: Evidence from the Pacific region

diásporas chinas en España y Argentina: una tipología para analizar las relaciones diáspora-Estado en el caso chino

When Diaspora Politics Meet Global Ambitions: Diaspora Institutions Amid China's Geopolitical Transformations

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