Handbook of Chinese Migration to Europe

Erscheinungsjahr 2024
ISBN: 978-90-04-51930-5
Verlag: Brill

Buch, Englisch, Band 01, 712 Seiten, Format (B × H): 162 mm x 239 mm, Gewicht: 1170 g

Reihe: Brill Handbooks of Chinese Overseas

Editors-in-Chief: Mette Thuno and Simeng Wang

Associate Editors: Emilie Tran Sautede and Yu-chin Tseng

The Handbook of Chinese Migration to Europe offers a comprehensive exploration of recent human mobility from China to Europe. Written by leading scholars from various disciplines, its 23 chapters delve into the multifaceted dimensions of Chinese migrants and their descendants across Europe, providing novel explorations into migration motivations and pathways, China’s diaspora engagement, economic entrepreneurship, socialization, and identity constructions. Each chapter presents existing scholarship and contributes with fresh empirical research that challenges conventional assumptions. Whether you are a researcher, policymaker, journalist, commentator, practitioner, or student, this handbook provides invaluable insights, reshaping our understanding of migration and China–Europe dynamics in the 21st century.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weitere Mitwirkende

Thuno, Mette

Wang, Simeng

Tran Sautede, Emilie

Tseng, Yu-chin

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziologie Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgements

List of Illustrations

Abbreviations

Notes on Contributors

Introduction

Chinese Migration to Europe

Mette Thunø and Simeng Wang

PART 1: Statistical Data on Chinese Populations in Europe

1 How Many Chinese are Living in Europe?

A Demographic (De)Construction

Joaquín Beltrán Antolín

PART 2: Migration Motivations and Pathways

2 Chinese Academic Mobility to Europe

An Overview and a Plea for a Family Perspective

Maggi W.H. Leung

3 Chinese International Students in Europe

Push, Pull, and Mooring Factors

Emilie Tran-Sautedé and Fei Vincent Mo

4 From Production to Reproduction

Pursuing a “Better Life” in Hungary

Fanni Beck

5 The Rise and the Fall of the Golden Visa

The Case of Chinese Investors in Greece and Portugal

Yu-chin Tseng and Sofia Gaspar

6 Temporary Labour Migration and Chinese State-Led Infrastructure Development in Serbia

Imogen T. Liu

7 Understanding the Emotional Dynamics and Aspirations of Statusless Chinese Migrants in the UK

Luo Siyu

PART 3: China as a Diaspora State

8 China’s Diaspora Governance in the Twenty-First Century

Towards an Analytical Framework

Mette Thunø

9 Diaspora Politics and a Rising China

Ambivalent Ties Amid Geopolitical Changes

Jiaqi M. Liu

10 Local Diaspora Engagement and Emigration as a Cultural Resource

The Case of a Europe-Bound Sending Area in Southeast China

Martina Bofulin

PART 4: Economic Opportunities and Ethnic Entrepreneurship

11 Chinese Wholesale Markets in Paris

From Marginal Spaces to Strategic Assets

Wuzhi Li, Marie Gibert-Flutre, and Gilles Guiheux

12 Chinese Entrepreneurs in Russia and Their Transnational Embeddedness

Lü Yun-fang and Wang Yi

13 From Ethnic Restaurants to Local Coffee Bars

Chinese Migrant Entrepreneurship in Italy’s Food Services

Grazia Ting Deng

14 Migrant Entrepreneurship in the Digital Age

A Case Study of the Chinese Daigou Trade in Western Europe

Yong Li and Chenna Wang

PART 5: Socialization and Intersecting Inequalities

15 Leaving China

Gender and Social Class in the New Female Chinese Mobilities to Spain

Amelia Sáiz López

16 Anti-Asian Racism in Europe

Focus on Experiences, Narratives, and Struggles Among Chinese Migrants and Descendants Living in France

Simeng Wang and Francesco Madrisotti

17 Sexuality, Socialization, and Inequalities on the Move

The Lived Experiences of Young Chinese Gay Migrant Men in France and Belgium

Cai Chen and Aaron Raphael Ponce

18 Entrepreneurial and Transnational Socialization among Descendants of Chinese Migrants

A Cross-Country Study on New Transnational Mobilities between Europe and China

Irene Masdeu Torruella and Simeng Wang

PART 6: Identity Constructions and Cultural Representations

19 Chinese Weekend Schools in Europe

Developments and Challenges

Li Minghuan and Bao Hanli

20 Diversity and Dynamism within the Chinese Church

Contemporary Chinese Migrant Catholic Communities in France and Italy

Eva Salerno

21 Post-2019 Hong Kong Migration to the United Kingdom

Drivers, Identity, and Change

Yvette To and Yuk Wah Chan

22 Cultural Production and Representations of Identity

Questioning Chineseness in the Sino-Italian Context

Valentina Pedone

23 Contemporary Popular Media and Cultural Studies of Chinese Migrations to Italy

Gaoheng Zhang

Index

Über Autor(innen)

Mette Thunø, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in China Studies at the Department of Global Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark. She publishes extensively on Chinese migration and diaspora policies, including Beyond Chinatown: New Chinese Migration and the Global Expansion of China (NIAS Press, 2007).

Simeng Wang, Ph.D., is a Permanent Researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research. She publishes extensively on Chinese migration to France, including Chinese in France amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Daily Lives, Racial Struggles and Transnational Citizenship of Migrants and Descendants (Brill, 2023).

Emilie Tran Sautedé, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in Politics and Public Administration, Hong Kong Metropolitan University. She publishes on China’s global influence, including China in the Mediterranean: An Arena of Strategic Competition? (Routledge, 2024).

Yu-chin Tseng, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in Chinese Studies, University of Tübingen. Her research interests include gender, mobility, and intimacy in the context of Asia and Europe.