Strategic Struggles to win Loyalties: Discourses and Policies towards the huaqiao1 华侨 ’through Conference Reports in China (1951-1953).

In the context of the Cold War this paper analyzes conference reports linked to huaqiao or Overseas Chinese people, between 1951 and 1953. This period was the beginning of divided policies, between the People’s Republic of China (PRC) and Kuomintang (KMT) in Taiwan, towards Chinese communities abroad. More than supporting Chinese residents in foreign countries, who had to deal with exclusion and discrimination, the two Chinese governments created among the Overseas Chinese communities a battlefield to win loyalties, among strategic discourses and policies. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]