Introduction : the floating population makes foreign policy -- Unequal allies : renegotiating exclusions -- The diaspora goes to war : human capital and China's defense -- A fight on all fronts : the Chinese civil war, restored migration, and emigration as national policy -- Chinese migrants as cold warriors : immigration and deportation in the 1950s -- Remitting to the enemy : transnational family finances and foreign policy -- Crossing the bamboo curtain : using refugee policy to support free China -- Cold War hostages : repatriation policy and the Sino-American ambassadorial talks -- Visa diplomacy : the Taiwan independence movement and changing U.S.-Chinese relations -- Conclusion : coming in from the cold
