The Diplomacy of migration : transnational lives and the making of U.S.-Chinese relations in the Cold War / Meredith Oyen.

Author: Oyen, Meredith, 1978- author.

Imprint:Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2015.

Descriptionx, 308 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Note:Introduction : the floating population and foreign policy -- Unequal allies : renegotiating exclusions -- The diaspora goes to war : human capital and China's defense -- A fight on all fronts : the Chinese civil war, restored migration, and emigration as national policy -- Chinese migrants as cold warriors : immigration and deportation in the 1950s -- Remitting to the enemy : transnational family finances and foreign policy -- Crossing the bamboo curtain : using refugee policy to support free China -- Cold War hostages : repatriation policy and the Sino-American ambassadorial talks -- Visa diplomacy : the Taiwan independence movement and changing U.S.-Chinese relations -- Conclusion : coming in from the cold.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references and index.

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