Book contents
- Chinese Diasporas
- New Approaches to Asian History
- Chinese Diasporas
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Using This Book
- Introduction: Framing Chinese Migration
- 1 Early Modern Patterns, 1500–1740
- 2 Migration in the Prosperous Age, 1740–1840
- 3 The Age of Mass Migration, 1840–1937
- 4 The Chinese State and the Politics of Diaspora, 1860s–1940s
- 5 Disruptions and Diasporic Communities in the Mid-Twentieth Century
- 6 The “Floating Population” and “New Migrants,” 1980s to the Present
- 7 Transnational Chinese, 1990s to the Present
- 8 Is There a Chinese Diaspora?
- Index
- New Approaches to Asian History
- References
7 - Transnational Chinese, 1990s to the Present
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 31 January 2020
Book contents
- Chinese Diasporas
- New Approaches to Asian History
- Chinese Diasporas
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Acknowledgments
- Notes on Using This Book
- Introduction: Framing Chinese Migration
- 1 Early Modern Patterns, 1500–1740
- 2 Migration in the Prosperous Age, 1740–1840
- 3 The Age of Mass Migration, 1840–1937
- 4 The Chinese State and the Politics of Diaspora, 1860s–1940s
- 5 Disruptions and Diasporic Communities in the Mid-Twentieth Century
- 6 The “Floating Population” and “New Migrants,” 1980s to the Present
- 7 Transnational Chinese, 1990s to the Present
- 8 Is There a Chinese Diaspora?
- Index
- New Approaches to Asian History
- References
Summary
Chapter 7 shifts attention to a different class of migrants in the post-Mao era, the new middle class and wealthy migrants. The chapter traces the rapid feminization of migration, the expanding importance of student migration, and the new prominence of skilled migrants and investors. It also shows how a drastic expansion in the numbers of Chinese tourists going abroad has shaped diasporic trajectories. The chapter also traces the emergence of new diasporic institutions, such as emigration companies, tourist agencies, and real estate firms, and their role in the development of “new Chinatowns” or “ethnoburbs” in overseas destinations.
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- Chinese DiasporasA Social History of Global Migration, pp. 228 - 249Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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