A Study of Jewish Refugees in China (1933-1945): History, Theories and the Chinese Pattern

by Guang Pan

Overview

This book comprehensively discusses the topic of Jews fleeing the Holocaust to China. It is divided into three parts: historical facts; theories; and the Chinese model. The first part addresses the formation, development and end of the Jewish refugee community in China, offering a systematic review of the history of Jewish Diaspora, including historical and recent events bringing European Jews to China; Jewish refugees arriving in China: route, time, number and settlement; the Jewish refugee community in Shanghai; Jewish refugees in other Chinese cities; the "Final Solution" for Jewish refugees in Shanghai and the “Designated Area for Stateless Refugees”; friendship between the Jewish refugees and the local Chinese people; the departure of Jews and the end of the Jewish refugee community in China. The second part provides deeper perspectives on the Jewish refugees in China and the relationship between Jews and the Chinese. The third part explores the Chinese model in the history of Jewish Diaspora, focusing on the Jews fleeing the Holocaust to China and compares the Jewish refugees in China with those in other parts of the world. It also introduces the Chinese model concept and presents the five features of the model.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9789811394836
Publisher:	Springer-Verlag New York, LLC
Publication date:	09/12/2019
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
File size:	652 KB

About the Author

Dr. PAN Guang is Professor of Shanghai Academy of Social Sciences, Director of SCO (Shanghai Cooperation Organization) and BR Studies Center in Shanghai, Dean of Center of Jewish Studies Shanghai (CJSS) and Vice President of Chinese Association of Middle East Studies. He is International Council Member of Asia Society in USA, Senior Advisor on Anti-terror Affairs to Shanghai Municipality and Ministry of Public Security of PRC. He obtained 1993 James Friend Annual Memorial Award for Sino-Jewish Studies, Sankt Peterburg-300 Medal for Contribution to China-Russia Relations awarded by President Putin in 2004 and Austria Holocaust Memorial Award in 2006. He was appointed by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan as member of the High-Level Group for the UN Alliance of Civilizations in 2005, and appointed as Ambassador of the AoC in 2008.
Professor Pan has lectured and conducted research all over the world, including at Harvard University, Columbia University, RAND corp., the Brookings Institution, Stanford University, Oxford University, Leiden University, University of Munich, University of Vienna, The Emirates Center for Strategic Studies&Research in UAE and Hebrew University in Jerusalem. He holds a number of prestigious posts in Chinese institutions on International Studies, Asian Studies, Middle East Studies and Jewish Studies, and published books and articles on a variety of topics such as “The Jews in China”, “The Jews in Asia: Comparative Perspective”, “The Jews in Shanghai”, “The Political and Cultural Impact of the Holocaust ”, “From Silk Road to ASEM: 2000 Years of Asia-Europe Relations”,  “A Comprehensive Studies on Shanghai Cooperation Organization”,  "Contemporary International Crises”, “China’s Success in the Middle East”, “China’s Anti-terror Strategy”, “Islam and Confucianism: the Development of Chinese Islam”, “China’s Energy Strategy”, “China’s Policy on AF/PAK”，“China’s Role in Changing Middle East” and so on.

Table of Contents

Historical and recent events bringing European Jews to China.- Jewish refugees arriving in China (1933-1941): Route, time, number and placement.- The Jewish Refugee Community in Shanghai.- Jewish refugees in other Chinese cities.- The Final Solution for Jewish refugees in Shanghai and the Restricted Sector for Stateless Refugees.- Jewish refugees and the Chinese people: Friendship in a troubled.- Departure of Jews and the end of the Jewish refugee community in China.- The International Background: The Impact of the Holocaust on Jews.- Push and pull theory and the motivation of Jewish refugees.- Exile and perseverance: Ethnic Diaspora Theory and the Jewish Refugee Community in China.- A theoretical reflection on the collective memory of Jewish refugees and their "Chinese Complex".- Struggling to survive: Why Jewish refugees survived and prospered in China.- Perfect combination of traditional history, public history and oral history: Development of studies of Jews in China and Jewish refugees since the mid 20th Century.- History of Jewish refugees before the Holocaust.- Jewish refugees during Nazi Germany: Aid to refugees outside China.- Characteristic One of the "Chinese Model" for Jewish refugees: Open big cities as the main refuge of the Jewish refugees.- Characteristic Two of the "Chinese Model" for Jewish refugees: Jews living in an atmosphere free from anti-Semitism.- Characteristic Three of the "Chinese Model" for Jewish refugees: Existence of a rich and strong Jewish community.- Characteristic Four of the "Chinese Model" for Jewish refugees: Jewish refugees having a high cultural quality.- Characteristic Five of the "Chinese Model" for Jewish refugees: Jewish refugees able to survive by utilizing the conflicts between the dominant powers.- Bibliography.- Postscript.