Download or read book Elusive Refuge written by Laura Madokoro and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2016-09-26 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Laura Madokoro recovers the lost history of millions of displaced Chinese who fled the Communist Revolution and recounts humanitarian efforts to find homes for them outside China. Entrenched bigotry in predominantly white countries, the spread of human rights, Cold War geopolitics, and the Vietnam War shaped refugee policies that still hold sway.