Beyond Chinatown : new Chinese migration and the global expansion of China

beyond chinatownAuthor: Mette Thunø

Publisher: NIAS Press

Publishing Year: 2007

Call Number: DS732.B573

Description: Chinese migration has changed fundamentally in recent years. It no longer has the exceptional and ambivalent nature of earlier times when virtual slaves dreamed of returning home to China as rich men but instead settled in Chinatowns across the globe. An important factor is that China has changed, transformed by decades of economic liberalization and rapid economic growth. As such, most migrants – both women and men – now leave China for a more promising future and often find ways to bring their families with them. Chinese migration may be distinct but it is no longer exceptional.

 

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