TheQiaopiTrade and Its Role in Modern China and the Chinese Diaspora
"Toward an Alternative Explanation of "Transnational Capitalism
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3662385 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Hong Liu (0000-0003-3328-8429), Gregor Benton |
| Year | 2016 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 575-594 |
| Publication date | 2016-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | The Journal of Asian Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9118 • E-ISSN: 1752-0401 |
| Publisher | Duke University Press (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1017/s0021911816000541 |
| OpenAlex | W2511612978 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 7 |
| References cited | 30 |
This essay takes issue with the idea that the trade in remittance letters (qiaopi侨批) was a modern form of "transnational capitalism" that relied on trust in a system of impersonal rules rather than "a distinctive form of 'Chinese capitalism'" dependent on cultural or familial affinities, and thatqiaopitraders used instrumental economic practices to transnationalize their businesses. The essay aims to identify alternatives to modern capitalism that are, at the same time, robustly cosmopolitan, and for which modernity is multiple rather than modular. Ethnicity and identity matter greatly in diasporic Chinese business culture, as sources of entrepreneurial resilience and creativity, especially in the early stages of diaspora formation. Far from forming an obstacle to economic growth and technological innovation, business familism, social networks, and their associated cultural values can be shown, at least in some periods and contexts, to have assisted economic development in Chinese societies at home and abroad, by enabling social mobility, furthering family interests, building partnerships, facilitating contracts, and promoting other practices proper to a modern market economy
Aesthetics · Capitalism · China · Diaspora · Economic growth · Economic system · Economics · Globalization · Identity (music) · Market economy · Modernity · Political science · Remittance · Sociology · China's Socioeconomic Reforms and Governance · Gender Studies · Law · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy
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Elements of the Philosophy of Right
Spreading the news
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The Nation and Its Fragments
The Chinese in Britain, 1800-Present
Family and Kinship in Chinese Society
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Whose Imagined Community
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Imagined communities
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| Unique citing works | 7 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 7 |