The Right of Return
Chinese displaced persons and the International Refugee Organization, 1947-56
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3622565 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Meredith Oyen (University of Maryland, Baltimore County, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2015 |
| Volume | 49 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 546-571 |
| Publication date | 2015-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Modern Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0026-749X • E-ISSN: 1469-8099 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0026749x14000420 |
| OpenAlex | W1968929165 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 13 |
This article examines the rise of the international refugee regime in Asia, focusing on the work of the International Refugee Organization in repatriating overseas Chinese from mainland China back to their homes in Southeast Asia from 1947 to 1956. It looks both at how the International Refugee Organization inherited this repatriation project from its predecessor-the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration-and its survival after a civil war installed a new, Communist government on the Chinese mainland. Doing so reveals the extent to which both Chinese governments had to rely on outside assistance to fulfil an important task of maintaining positive ties between Chinese abroad and the homeland. Using research from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs archives in Beijing and Taipei, as well as records from relevant parties in the British and American governments, this article places the repatriation programme and the larger efforts of the International Refugee Organization in Asia in a broader context of regional foreign relations and the origins of the Cold War
Beijing · China · Communism · Context (archaeology · Development economics · Economic growth · Geography · Government (linguistics · Homeland · Mainland China · Ministry of Foreign Affairs · Political science · Politics · Refugee · Repatriation · Chinese history and philosophy · Law · Public Administration · Socioeconomic Development in Asia · Vietnamese History and Culture Studies
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0.5 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2023 (4) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |