Qiaopi (侨批) consisted of a letter and money sent by overseas Chinese to their families back in China.[1] Remittance (qiaohui) or silver or money (pikuan) is sent together with a letter (pixin) in a single envelope.[2] This differentiates a qiaopi from other forms of correspondence such as mail. Qiaopi is sometimes referred to as zhengpi ("main pi")[1] or silver letters (yin xin 银信).[3] On certain occasions such as a notice of death, a qiaopi may simply be a letter without any money attached.[4] In such a case the qiaopi would be referred to as "baixin (a letter without money)".[4] Only in exceedingly rare occasions would a baixin contain some money.[4] In 2012, qiaopi was added to the Asia-Pacific Memory of the World Register and in 2013, it was added to the International Memory of the World Register.[5][6]
- ^ a b Benton & Liu (2018), p. 3.
- ^ Benton & Liu (2018), p. 6.
- ^ Kua (2019), p. 642.
- ^ a b c Benton & Liu (2018), p. 7.
- ^ "Qiaopi and Yinxin: Correspondence and Remittance Documents from Overseas (2012) - Memory of the World Committee for Asia and the Pacific". www.mowcapunesco.org. 2014-11-04. Retrieved 2024-10-02.
- ^ "Qiaopi and Yinxin Correspondence and Remittance Documents from Overseas Chinese | United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization". 2017-02-16. Archived from the original on 2017-02-16. Retrieved 2024-10-02.