The rearticulation of the links between the Chinese diaspora and receiving countries as well as sending regions in China: The case of Wenzhou migration to France
-
Li Zhipeng
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the manner in which the development of China is connected to the rearticulation of economic and political links of the Chinese diaspora with France and also with China. The economic reforms in China since the late 1970s took place with the concurrent liberalization of the conditions of emigration abroad. It resulted in a resumption of migration from China, in particular from historic regions of departure - especially the Wenzhou region. These migrants arrived in France to sustain the Chinese ethnic labor market and led to the growth of businesses in various sectors. Rising imports of Chinese products led to the emergence of new Chinese commercial districts in France as well as the transformation of a few older ones. On the political level, too, links began to be rearticulated with new links developing with the diplomatic corps that were quasi-non-existent before.
Abstract
The objective of this paper is to demonstrate the manner in which the development of China is connected to the rearticulation of economic and political links of the Chinese diaspora with France and also with China. The economic reforms in China since the late 1970s took place with the concurrent liberalization of the conditions of emigration abroad. It resulted in a resumption of migration from China, in particular from historic regions of departure - especially the Wenzhou region. These migrants arrived in France to sustain the Chinese ethnic labor market and led to the growth of businesses in various sectors. Rising imports of Chinese products led to the emergence of new Chinese commercial districts in France as well as the transformation of a few older ones. On the political level, too, links began to be rearticulated with new links developing with the diplomatic corps that were quasi-non-existent before.
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Foreword by the editors V
- Contents VII
- Introduction 1
-
I Chinese immigrants in Germany
- Migration aus China im deutschsprachigen literarischen Diskurs 15
- Politische Partizipation der chinesischen Einwanderer in Deutschland im europäischen Vergleich 33
- Knowledge, practice and emotion in migration: The lifeworld of Chinese migrants in Germany 53
-
II Chinese immigrants in France
- Highly skilled Chinese immigrants in France: Career choices, marriage behavior and political participation 75
- The identity crisis of Chinese graduates in France 101
- The rearticulation of the links between the Chinese diaspora and receiving countries as well as sending regions in China: The case of Wenzhou migration to France 127
- Achieving better structural integration? Evidence from the career pathways of second-generation Chinese immigrants in France 151
-
III Chinese immigrants in Europe: New dynamics
- The moral grammar of Chinese transnational one-child families: Filial piety and middle-class migration between China and the United Kingdom 167
- Migration from Jian’ou to Moscow: From market peddling to transnational entrepreneurship 187
- Kulturelle Identität der zweiten Generation chinesischer Einwanderer in Europa: Eine Fallstudie von Studierenden in China 203
- Contributors 227
- Index 231
Chapters in this book
- Frontmatter I
- Foreword by the editors V
- Contents VII
- Introduction 1
-
I Chinese immigrants in Germany
- Migration aus China im deutschsprachigen literarischen Diskurs 15
- Politische Partizipation der chinesischen Einwanderer in Deutschland im europäischen Vergleich 33
- Knowledge, practice and emotion in migration: The lifeworld of Chinese migrants in Germany 53
-
II Chinese immigrants in France
- Highly skilled Chinese immigrants in France: Career choices, marriage behavior and political participation 75
- The identity crisis of Chinese graduates in France 101
- The rearticulation of the links between the Chinese diaspora and receiving countries as well as sending regions in China: The case of Wenzhou migration to France 127
- Achieving better structural integration? Evidence from the career pathways of second-generation Chinese immigrants in France 151
-
III Chinese immigrants in Europe: New dynamics
- The moral grammar of Chinese transnational one-child families: Filial piety and middle-class migration between China and the United Kingdom 167
- Migration from Jian’ou to Moscow: From market peddling to transnational entrepreneurship 187
- Kulturelle Identität der zweiten Generation chinesischer Einwanderer in Europa: Eine Fallstudie von Studierenden in China 203
- Contributors 227
- Index 231
