Chileans in China and How They View Their Role in Public Diplomacy: Between Entrepreneurship and State Policies
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2021
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Palgrave Macmillan
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Springer Nature
Abstract
Since the Free Trade Agreement between China and Chile took effect in 2006, a Chilean business-led diaspora has been growing in mainland China. Using a qualitative thematic analysis, and through perspectives gathered during 19 semi-structured, in-depth interviews, this chapter describes this diaspora community’s characteristics, motivations, identities, and levels of social capital. It also explores its contributions to public diplomacy efforts promoted by the Chilean government in China. By doing this, this chapter avoids the traditional focus on the political dimensions of diasporas to instead explore business-centered state-diaspora interactions.
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Business-led diaspora, Chile, China, Diaspora, Motivations, Public diplomacy, Social capital, State-diaspora interactions