PRC Policy Regarding the Foreign Diaspora as Part and Parsel of the Harmonious Society Concept (from the beginning of the reform period)
This paper examines the evolution of the PRC (Peoples Republic of China) policy towards overseas Chinese in the reform period. It analyses the mechanisms of cooperating and integrating the overseas Chinese into the Chinese modern strategy of harmonious society and soft power. To understand the present policy, the paper discusses the PRC policy towards Overseas Chinese including its governmental and nongovernmental organizations and their work, the biggest diaspora communities.