Multilevel Diaspora Governance
A Case Study of a New Qiaoxiang County in China
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 24224613 |
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| Authors | Na Ren (0000-0002-4783-8295, Jinan University), Sitong Long (Jinan University) |
| Year | 2026 |
| Volume | 265 |
| Pages | 201-217 |
| Publication date | 2026-03-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The China Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0009-4439 • E-ISSN: 1468-2648 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0305741026102136 |
| OpenAlex | W7140437122 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 31 |
Since China’s open-door policy and “going-out” strategy gained momentum in the 21st century, several new qiaoxiang 侨乡 (“hometowns” of overseas Chinese) have emerged. The launch of the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013 has further increased Chinese transnational mobility and the interactions between overseas Chinese communities and their places of origin. This study takes Shaodong city in Hunan province as a case study to explain the driving forces behind the formation of a newly emerging qiaoxiang from political and socio-economic perspectives. It proposes that multilayered transnational network governance is a significant model for qiaoxiang in diaspora engagement. Using a rescaling approach, this study argues that diaspora governance relies not only on the primordial ties of locality, kinship and ethnicity that new emigrants maintain with their hometowns but is also dynamically shaped by pluralized qiaoxiang governmental networks at various levels, including provincial, municipal and county. These networks are constructed by the diaspora through both vertical and horizontal structures. Theoretically, this study transcends the traditional paradigm of centralized and singular diaspora governance at national or subnational levels, contributing to the understanding of the multilevel structures of diaspora governance from decentralized and pluralized perspectives.
Chinese emigration · county governance · decentralized governance · diaspora governance · ethnic ties · Hunan Province · kinship ties · Multi-level governance · qiaoxiang · rescaling · transnational networks · Belt and Road Initiative · China's Global Influence and Migration · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Diaspora, migration, transnational identity
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