Contemporary Chinese Diasporas

This book focuses on International migration among the Chinese long before European colonists set foot on the Asian continent. It reveals why the Chinese moved across sea and land, seasonally or permanently, to other parts of Asia and the rest of the world to pursue economic opportunities and alternative means of livelihood. Emigration from China ebbed after World War II, but has surged again as China implemented its open-door policy in December 1978. Since then, massive waves of Chinese migrations have pushed onto the shores of all continents of the globe with little sign of slowing down, giving rise to new Chinese migrant communities in both traditional and contemporary migrant-receiving countries. This volume addresses the new Chinese diasporas around the world, offering a snapshot of the cosmopolitan and shifting nature of Chinese population dynamics from the perspectives of anthropologists, geographers, historians, sociologists, and scholars of international studies.

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Min Zhou is Professor of Sociology and Asian American Studies, Walter and Shirley Wang Endowed Chair in U.S.-China Relations and Communications, and Director of the Asia Pacific Center at the University of California, Los Angeles, USA. She is also Tan Lark Sye Professor of Sociology at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. Researching migration and development, racial/ethnic relations, ethnic entrepreneurship, and diaspora studies, she has been publishing well-received academic studies in these areas since 1989.

Inhalt
Chapter 1 Intra-Asian Chinese Migrations: A Historical Overview Part I: New Chinese Diasporas in Africa

Chapter 2 The Politics of Chineseness in South Africa: From Apartheid to 2015 Chapter 3 Chinese Traders in Ghana: The Liminality Trap and Challenges for Ethnic Formation and Integration Chapter 4 Integration of Newcomers into Local Communities: An Analysis of New Chinese Immigrants in Zimbabwe Part II: New Chinese Diasporas in Asia

Chapter 5 Debating Integration in Singapore, Deepening the Variations of the Chinese Diaspora Chapter 6 Chinese Migrant Communities in South Korea: Old Huaqiao, Chaoxianzu, and Xinyimin
Chapter 7 The Formation and Development of Contemporary Chinese Diaspora in Japan Chapter 8 Chinese Immigration to the Philippines since the late 1970s Chapter 9 Ethnicized Networks and Local Embeddedness: The New Chinese Migrant Community in Cambodia Part III: New Chinese Diasporas in Oceania
Chapter 10 Rediscovering the New Gold Mountain: Chinese Immigration to Australia since the Mid-1980s Chapter 11 New Chinese Immigration to New Zealand: Policies, Immigration Patterns, Mobility and Perception Part IV: New Chinese Diasporas in Europe

Chapter 12 Identity Formation and Social Integration: Creating and Imagining the Chinese Community in Prague, the Czech Republic Chapter 13 New Chinese Immigrants in Spain: Migration Process, Demographic Characteristics, and Adaptation Strategies Chapter 14 Chinese Student Migration and Community Building: An Exploration of New Diasporic Formation in England Part V: New Chinese Diasporas in the Americas

Chapter 15 New Chinese Migrants in Latin America: Trends and Patterns of Adaption Chapter 16 The Chinese Presence In Cuba: Heroic Past, Uncertain Present, Open Future Chapter 17 The Making of New Chinese Immigrants in Canada Chapter 18 Immigrant Entrepreneurship and Diasporic Development: The Case of New Chinese Migrants in the United States