A Ritual Economy of 'Talent': China and Overseas Chinese Professionals

By Xiang Biao

Abstract

This paper examines the paper describes historically how the Chinese ritual economy emerged and how the Chinese government manages this situation. It suggest that the ritual economy constitutes part of a mode of transnational governance that, conditioned by some deep structural features of the contemporary Chinese society, successfully incorporates OCPs. The paper also critiques the predominant discourse in studies of skilled migration for having itself become part of the ritual economy by rationalizing state-emigrant relations in narrow economic terms.

Key words: China, Chinese Professionals, Ritual Economy, Chinese Government, Overseas Chinese Professionals, Migration

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