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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20150219T120000
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URL:https://www.harvard-yenching.org/events/when-prc-penetrates-northern-t
 hai-borderland-nationalist-chinese-descendants-and-influence/
SUMMARY:When the PRC Penetrates the Northern Thai Borderland: Nationalist C
 hinese descendants and the Influence of the PRC and Taiwan
DESCRIPTION:\n	Aranya Siriphon (Lecturer\, Department of Sociology and Anth
 ropology\, Chiang Mai University\; HYI Visiting Scholar)\n	Discussant/chai
 r: Michael Herzfeld (Ernest E. Monrad Professor of the Social Sciences\, D
 epartment of Anthropology\, Harvard University)\n\n	Co-sponsored with the 
 Harvard University Asia Center\n\n\n	This talk will examine how and why ne
 w Chinese migrants (xin yimin) have greatly increased in number in the nor
 thern Thai borderland since the 2000s. As transnational economic flow inte
 rsects with the PRC and Thai states’ policies and authorities\, distinct
 ive border cultures have emerged. The speaker will illustrate the migratio
 n process and trans-border trade practices\, highlighting local perspectiv
 es on the impact of recent Chinese mobility into the northern Thai borderl
 and and examining how local inhabitants\, especially local Thai and Lao tr
 aders\, have adapted their trans-border trade under newly challenging cond
 itions. She will focus on the social changes experienced by “diasporic C
 hinese” borderland residents under the influence of the PRC and Taiwan a
 s they compete with each other for influence at the northern Thai border. 
 A particularly important finding results from the intensive implementation
  of the PRC’s overseas Chinese policy. The Qiaoban (Office of Overseas C
 hinese Affairs) has been especially active in engaging and leveraging dias
 poric Chinese borderlanders. This policy and its operation have had signif
 icant success among the ethnic Chinese of northern Thailand. In contrast\,
  the active efforts of the PRC to engage nationalist Chinese and their des
 cendants have been notably unsuccessful in recent years. This is because\,
  for the nationalist Chinese\, their experience of suffering during the 19
 49 civil war and their political identity as bearers of anti-communist sen
 timent are still active forces. At the local villages\, moreover\, while T
 aiwan’s influence over the nationalist Chinese has gradually decreased o
 ver the past decade in terms of aid\, assistance\, and support as a result
  of national politics in Taiwan\, the PRC has gained more diplomatic influ
 ence. The situation has resulted in internal divisions and tension among d
 ifferent generations in the nationalist Chinese communities. 
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