The Fate of Qiaopi/侨批缘

"A comprehensive record of the academic history of Qiaopi research, a complete documentation of the process of nominating Qiaopi for UNESCO World Heritage status, and a exemplary work of local archival documents applying for World Heritage recognition.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿,¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿,¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿.This manuscript is a work by Wang Weizhong, a firsthand participant in the process of nominating 'Chaoshan Qiaopi' for inclusion in the UNESCO Memory of the World Register, documenting the nomination process and related materials. The full manuscript consists of four main chapters, several appendices, an introduction, and a postscript. The main text is primarily narrative, interspersed with commentary. The author provides a detailed account of the process of organizing and nominating Qiaopi, endowing the work with considerable value as historical source material, making it useful for scholarly citation and as a reference for the history of Qiaopi research.The appendices include articles written by the author over the years on the collection, organization, and study of Qiaopi, as well as important documents, arranged chronologically. Selected works introduce the relevant achievements and significance of Rao Zongyi's research on Qiaopi. These appendices offer insight into the author's own work and the development of Qiaopi research as a field. Among them is a lengthy article organized around the nomination process, summarizing the steps and selecting relevant documents and materials, which may serve as a reference for similar endeavors to nominate other local archival documents to the Memory of the World Register.¿¿¿¿"¿¿¿¿"¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿"¿¿"¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿Wang Weizhong, a native of Chaozhou, Guangdong Province, is a senior journalist with Xinhua News Agency. He has served as Director of the Chaoshan Qiaopi Archive, Chairman of the Chaoshan Historical and Cultural Research Center, and Vice President of the Guangdong Provincial Society for Studies of Overseas Chinese. He is the editor-in-chief of The Compilation of Chaoshan Qiaopi (Volumes 1-3, published by our press) and the author of several works, including A Concise History of Chaoshan Qiaopi.¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿1-3¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿¿