Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Acknowledgments vii
4. Chapter 1. Introduction 1
5. Chapter 2. Is the moon rounder abroad? How Chinese citizens see the world 40
6. Chapter 3. Choosing the road less traveled: how and why Chinese citizens decide to study abroad 67
7. Chapter 4. The floating life: dilemmas of education, work, and marriage abroad 95
8. Chapter 5. When migrants from the same hometown meet, tears fill their eyes: freedoms won and lost through transnational migration 142
9. Chapter 6. The road home: decisions about returning to china or staying abroad 191
10. Notes 223
11. Works cited 241
12. Index 265