TY - CHAP
T1 - Laws protecting the rights and interests of returned overseas Chinese and their relatives
T2 - Their relevance and adaptation
AU - Liu, Guofu
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© Springer India 2014.
PY - 2014/1/1
Y1 - 2014/1/1
N2 - Over the last 20 years, and the last decade in particular, the distinctive features of returned Overseas Chinese and their relatives in China have gradually become less so. As China has made enormous strides with laws to protect the rights and interests of all citizens, the legal principles underlying China's 1990 Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Returned Overseas Chinese and their Relatives (revised 2000) are facing significant challenges. The best way to address these challenges is first to rethink the 1990 Law comprehensively. Under one proposal, the principle of 'equal and non-discriminatory treatment' could be given greater emphasis to emphasize the equality of all citizens. The principle of 'case-specific and preferential treatment' for returned Overseas Chinese and their relatives embodied in the 1990 Law, on the other hand, might be gradually reduced in importance, ultimately to be replaced with laws that 'foster integration' of these persons into Chinese society. Further, when possible, legislative proposals for a law of fostering integration of returned Overseas Chinese and their relatives should be put on the governmental agenda.
AB - Over the last 20 years, and the last decade in particular, the distinctive features of returned Overseas Chinese and their relatives in China have gradually become less so. As China has made enormous strides with laws to protect the rights and interests of all citizens, the legal principles underlying China's 1990 Law on the Protection of the Rights and Interests of Returned Overseas Chinese and their Relatives (revised 2000) are facing significant challenges. The best way to address these challenges is first to rethink the 1990 Law comprehensively. Under one proposal, the principle of 'equal and non-discriminatory treatment' could be given greater emphasis to emphasize the equality of all citizens. The principle of 'case-specific and preferential treatment' for returned Overseas Chinese and their relatives embodied in the 1990 Law, on the other hand, might be gradually reduced in importance, ultimately to be replaced with laws that 'foster integration' of these persons into Chinese society. Further, when possible, legislative proposals for a law of fostering integration of returned Overseas Chinese and their relatives should be put on the governmental agenda.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84948990234&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-81-322-1047-4_18
DO - 10.1007/978-81-322-1047-4_18
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84948990234
SN - 9788132210467
SP - 305
EP - 315
BT - Global Diasporas and Development
PB - Springer India
ER -