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Crossing national borders : human migration issues in Northeast Asia / edited by Tsuneo Akaha and Anna Vassilieva.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- East Asia--Emigration and immigration.
- East Asia.
- East Asia--Emigration and immigration--Statistics.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (271 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Tokyo : United Nations University Press, c2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- International migration and other types of cross-border movement of people are becom-ing an important part of international relations in Northeast Asia. In this pioneering study, experts on China, Japan, Korea, Mongolia and Russia examine the political, economic, social and cultural dimensions of the interaction between border-crossing individuals and host communities, highlighting the challenges that face national and local leaders in each country and suggesting needed changes in national and international policies. The authors analyze population trends and migration patterns in each country:
- Contents:
- Population trends and migration patterns in Northeast Asia / Maurice D. Van Arsdol, Jr., Stephen Lam, Brian Ettkin and Glenn Guarin
- Chinese in the Russian Far East : regional views / Victor Larin
- Migration and economic security : Chinese labour migrants in the Russian Far East / Elizabeth Wishnick
- The Russian presence in contemporary Japan : case studies in Hokkaido and Niigata / Tsuneo Akaha and Anna Vassilieva
- Chinese migrants in contemporary Japan : the case of Niigata / Daojiong Zha
- Koreans in Japan and Shimane / Mika Mervio
- North Koreans in China : sorting fact from fiction / Hazel Smith
- The realities of South Korea's migration policies / Shin-wha Lee
- Foreign migration issues in Mongolia / Tsedendamba Batbayar
- Conclusion : implications for regional international relations / Tsuneo Akaha and Anna Vassilieva.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-4237-6594-X
- 92-808-7096-3
- OCLC:
- 191039664
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