China’s Diaspora Policy Implications for Overseas Chinese in Peru and Argentina

What is it about?

As a form of "transnationalism from above”—that is, promoted by the state—diaspora strategies and policies have become a topic of interest for the Chinese state and academics alike over the past two decades. Although different aspects of the issue have already been addressed in the case of China, we seek to contribute to this field of study by exploring the manners in which the policies of the country of origin are experienced and concern the actions and subjectivities of members of the overseas communities. Combining research focusing on Lima, Peru, and Buenos Aires, Argentina, we analyze the characteristics, evolution, and reception of the PRC's governance over its diaspora in Peru. We complement this with a social anthropological analysis to describe the moral categories that circulate among the diverse members of the Chinese diaspora. We round off with some words about the repercussions of the PRC's diaspora policy on the associations and the subjectivities of Chinese migrants and their descendants in these two Latin American countries.

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