CAJ | 학술논문

华工出国自近代以后大量增加,那么晚清政府对出国华工抱以何种态度？已有的相关研究大多认为清政府是不顾华工死活的。发生于1873年的陈兰彬奉旨调查古巴华工状况之事,却显示了另一番情景。近代以后,华工出国方式和中国对待华工政策,开始向正规化和法定化方向转变,既立约保护华工的人身权利,也立约规范外商的招募行为。陈兰彬调查古巴华工及其所带来的新订华工条款,可以说是中国维护出国华工权利的第一次实质性行动,开启了近代中国政府对待出国华工政策的新时期。
화공출국자근대이후대량증가,나요만청정부대출국화공포이하충태도？이유적상관연구대다인위청정부시불고화공사활적。발생우1873년적진란빈봉지조사고파화공상황지사,각현시료령일번정경。근대이후,화공출국방식화중국대대화공정책,개시향정규화화법정화방향전변,기립약보호화공적인신권리,야립약규범외상적초모행위。진란빈조사고파화공급기소대래적신정화공조관,가이설시중국유호출국화공권리적제일차실질성행동,개계료근대중국정부대대출국화공정책적신시기。
There is a dramatic increase of overseas Chinese workers since modern times;however,most researches already conducted conclude that the government of the Qing Dynasty paid no attention to the advocacy of those workers’ rights.The 1873 incident of Chen Lanbin’s investigation for Chinese workers in Cuba exhibits a situation in the opposite.For those workers,ways to go abroad and relevant government policies have become increasingly standardized and legalized since modern times.Concrete regulations have been laid down to protect workers’ rights and standardize the recruitment of foreign companies.Chen Lanbin’s investigation brought about new regulations concerning overseas Chinese workers.This first substantial move is epoch-making for the advocacy of overseas Chinese workers’ rights.