On Diaspora And Marine Power Construction In China

To build China a sea power was first put forward in The18thNational Congressof the Communist Party of China in2013. Chinese emigrants are one of the earliestpractitioners and creators of Chinese people who knew, explore and utilize the ocean.From the perspective of marine economy, Chinese emigrant’s origin was closely linedwith emergence and development of marine trade and distributed around the wordalong with expanding overseas trade web. From the marine politics, policies of hostileattitudes and being on guard against Chinese emigrants adopted by china’s feudalregime were an important part of national marine strategy. Chinese emigrants becamemain relying forces during China’s national crisis and war. From the marine culture,Chinese emigrants stand for a marine sprit of fighting pioneering and opening. Theyhave been playing an enormous role in transmitting Chinese culture and cultureexchange between China and foreign countries. In a word, they are important part ofChinese marine civilization. Compared to other countries’ emigrants, the uniquecharacteristic of Chinese emigrants is its Chinese culture identity which bonds itsdestiny closely with China. Historically, they supported and helped to their best forChinese revolution and social development. Nowadays, they still are one of China’smost important overseas resources and driving forces for the great rejuvenation ofChinese nation. Therefore, this paper researches into the Chinese emigrants andpropose policy suggestions on the basis of analyze the relations between Chineseemigrants’ and building a marine country, which will rich the practice of building amarine country.This paper mainly research into the relations between Chinese emigrants andbuilding a marine country, connects the power and international influence of Chineseemigrants with the solving the plights and crisis in building a marine country to find aeffective way to build Chinese marine country with the help of Chinese emigrants.This paper consists of six chapters.The first chapter studies the concepts connotation and relative theories ofChinese emigrants and marine country. Though the history development of Chineseemigrants and Chinese people’s knowledge to oceans and ocean practices, the textmeans to explore the historical and realistic factors of building marine country and proposed the significance of building marine country by Chinese emigrants. Chineseemigrants are important resources to invest marine economy, significant force to fightagainst “Taiwan Independence” to safeguard Chinese peaceful unification, link torealize marine diplomacy to establish friendly relations with other nations andambitious pioneer to upgrade Chinese marine culture, realizing the Chineserejuvenation dream.The second and the third chapter analyze the internal cause and external push. Inthese two chapters, two psychological term identity and cognition are introduced andtwo causal relations that “identity-interest” and “cognition-policy” are constructed.In the second chapter, the identity of Chinese emigrants is divided into homelandidentity, ethnic identity and national identity which belong to change factor, whilecultural identity unchanged factor. Through analyse of Chinese emigrants’s identityand realistic interest of enterprise, individual and family. The reason why Chineseemigrants have made great contributions to Chinese nation is their cultural identity. InMing and Qing Dynasty, Chinese feudal regimes have a deep-rooted idea that anyonewho emigrate its country for overseas trade will be labeled as rebel or treason.Therefore, the policy against such idea will be detrimental to Chinese emigrants.These two chapters will analyze the reason why Chinese emigrants can be relied on inbuilding a sea power.The right cognition and rational policy made by Chinesegovernment since the reform and opening policy is the great push force that stimulatethe Chinese emigrants’ support China’s development.The forth chapter is mainly about the relations of Chinese emigrants and marineeconomy. Their relations are displayed in sea trade, overseas Chinese businessnetworks and Chinese emigrants’ investment in china coastal zone. Then the textanalyzes the current development of China’s marine economy and proposes somepolicy suggestions according to the problems in the reality.The fifth chapter is mainly research the relations of Chinese emigrants andmarine politics. Their relations are reflected in three aspects as different cognitions toChinese emigrants will affect national seas strategy, Chinese emigrants’ supportreunification between mainland and Taiwan and Chinese emigrants’ role insafeguarding China’s marine rights and interests. Then the text analyzes the currentstatus of China’s marine politics and proposed some feasible suggestions according tothe problems in the reality. The forth chapter is mainly about the relations of Chinese emigrants and marineculture. Their relations are displayed in sea spirit, sea religions and folklores andcultural exchange between china and foreign countries. Then the text analyzes thecurrent development of China’s marine culture and proposes some policy suggestionsaccording to the problems in the reality.Finally, the paper gives the conclusion, advances three bases of cultural identity,kinship and common interest to integrate Chinese emigrants’ enormous resources tobuild marine country, put forward the specific strategic measures to integrate overseaChinese assets, business networks and overseas talents, hoping to build china into agreat marine country to realize the dream of rejuvenation of the Chinese nation.