Transnational mobility, strong states and contested sovereignty: Learning from the China–Taiwan context

Momesso, Lara; Lee, Chun-Yi

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“…With regard to PRC migrants in Taiwan, the limited scholarship on their identity formation is focused on how structural constraints on their everyday lives, such as the impact of legal restrictions, Taiwanese nationalism, partisan politics and national security, eventually shaped the way they expressed either their Chinese or their Taiwanese identity in public and private spheres (Momesso, ; Momesso and Lee, ). Little is said about their self‐perception.…”

Section: Exploring National Identity In the Cross‐strait Contextmentioning

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Nation, Migration, Identity: Learning from the Cross‐Strait Context

Momesso¹,

Lee

2019

International Migration

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It has been argued that globalization, with its flexible landscapes of production, consumption and mobility, has favoured the emergence of new forms of belonging that are not necessarily built on such principles of the nation state. In this article, we argue that this process is more likely to happen when movements occur between states that are not in conflictual relations with each other. When the relations between two nations are shaped by conflicts, for instance due to disputes about sovereignty over a territory, nationalism may remain a crucial factor shaping the identification and belonging of those who move between the two territories. In this article, by looking at the case of migrants moving between China and Taiwan, we will shed light on how the issue of “unresolved sovereignty” may eventually lead these actors to reinforce nationalist ideals and identities in their daily narratives, instead of favouring the generation of hybrid identities.

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Nation, Migration, Identity: Learning from the Cross‐Strait Context

Momesso¹,

Lee

2019

International Migration

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In the Name of Mazu: The Use of Religion by China to Intervene in Taiwanese Elections

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Pien,

O'Reilly

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Foreign Policy Analysis

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Foreign policy objectives can be achieved through religious institutions as a form of soft power. However, empirical evidence on this form of soft power is limited. In this study, we provide rigorous empirical evidence of electoral influence through the channel of religious institutions. To test the efficacy of this channel of influence, we study the Chinese government’s attempts to influence Taiwanese elections through religious institutions. By leveraging spatial regression methods, we demonstrate that Mazu temples influence electoral behavior through a localized process. The density of urban Mazu temples in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, which are subject to influence from China, is associated with an increase in vote share for the pro-China party in their neighborhoods. However, the influence on voters in urban and village areas is not homogeneous. In contrast to urban temples, the relationship between village Mazu temples and the electoral results is insignificant.

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Chinese Marriage Migrants in Beijing’s Cross-Strait Diplomacy

Momesso

2020

Eur. J. East Asian Stud.

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The role of Chinese communities abroad has become increasingly significant in Beijing’s public diplomacy strategy. This is not only the case for Overseas Chinese communities, but also for people who migrate between China and Taiwan. This paper will explore how a group of Chinese migrant women, the mothers, wives and daughters-in-law of Taiwanese citizens, have become a target of Beijing in its cross-Strait diplomacy and how they have responded to Beijing’s initiatives. This paper gives a timely account of Beijing’s non-traditional diplomacy in the context of cross-Strait relations, as a constructed and gendered process.

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Transnational mobility, strong states and contested sovereignty: Learning from the China–Taiwan context

Cited by 3 publications

References 26 publications

Nation, Migration, Identity: Learning from the Cross‐Strait Context

Nation, Migration, Identity: Learning from the Cross‐Strait Context

In the Name of Mazu: The Use of Religion by China to Intervene in Taiwanese Elections

Chinese Marriage Migrants in Beijing’s Cross-Strait Diplomacy

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