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Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Tables and Figures vii
- Introduction 3
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Historical Mobilities
- The Cantonese Pacific: Migration Networks and Mobility Across Space and Time 25
- Transnational Mobilities in Canadian Chinatowns 49
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Cultural and Symbolic Mobilities
- Heeding the Phoenix Pen: Trans-Pacific Scriptures from Lü Dongbin 63
- Mandarin Profile: Chinese-Language Television and Geo-Ethnic Storytelling 84
- Media Representations of Investment and Labour in Alberta’s Resource Economy 102
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Highly Skilled Mobilities
- New Immigrants from China to Canada, 1980–2009: Migration Patterns and Economic Performance 117
- Economic Mobilities of Highly Skilled China-Born Migrants in Canada and the United States 138
- Chinese Techno-Immigrants in Western Canada 167
- Canadian Immigration Policy and Chinese Students: Transitioning to Permanent Residency 186
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Family and Gendered Mobilities
- Locational Dispersion of Family Members: Chinese in Toronto 207
- Gendered Practices of Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Women Professionals 222
- Bringing Transnationalism Home: Mobility and Locality in China-Canada Adoption 237
-
Transnational Mobilities
- Exploring Transnational Identities of Chinese Immigrant Children in Canada 261
- Double Diaspora: The Experience of Chinese Canadians in Beijing 282
- The Practice of Transnationalism in Pacific Mall: Chinese Canadian Experience 302
- Chinatown Unbound 315
- Contributors 333
- Index 339
Chapters in this book
- Front Matter i
- Contents v
- Tables and Figures vii
- Introduction 3
-
Historical Mobilities
- The Cantonese Pacific: Migration Networks and Mobility Across Space and Time 25
- Transnational Mobilities in Canadian Chinatowns 49
-
Cultural and Symbolic Mobilities
- Heeding the Phoenix Pen: Trans-Pacific Scriptures from Lü Dongbin 63
- Mandarin Profile: Chinese-Language Television and Geo-Ethnic Storytelling 84
- Media Representations of Investment and Labour in Alberta’s Resource Economy 102
-
Highly Skilled Mobilities
- New Immigrants from China to Canada, 1980–2009: Migration Patterns and Economic Performance 117
- Economic Mobilities of Highly Skilled China-Born Migrants in Canada and the United States 138
- Chinese Techno-Immigrants in Western Canada 167
- Canadian Immigration Policy and Chinese Students: Transitioning to Permanent Residency 186
-
Family and Gendered Mobilities
- Locational Dispersion of Family Members: Chinese in Toronto 207
- Gendered Practices of Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Women Professionals 222
- Bringing Transnationalism Home: Mobility and Locality in China-Canada Adoption 237
-
Transnational Mobilities
- Exploring Transnational Identities of Chinese Immigrant Children in Canada 261
- Double Diaspora: The Experience of Chinese Canadians in Beijing 282
- The Practice of Transnationalism in Pacific Mall: Chinese Canadian Experience 302
- Chinatown Unbound 315
- Contributors 333
- Index 339