Handbook on migration to China / edited by Heidi Østbø Haugen (Professor of China Studies, Department of Culture, Religion, Asian and Middle Eastern Studies, University of Oslo, Norway) and Bingyu Wang (Professor in Sociology, Department of Sociology, Nankai University, P.R. China).

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Haugen, Heidi Østbø, editor.

Wang, Bingyu, editor.

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

China--Emigration and immigration--Government policy.

China.

China--Emigration and immigration--Social aspects.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (436 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2025.

Summary:

"This insightful Handbook explores the dynamics of historical and contemporary migration flows to China from across its bordering regions, Asia and other continents. It analyzes the social, economic, cultural, and legal developments that arise from migration to China. Leading experts discuss how China has become a key destination for international migration, outlining the resulting diversities within Chinese society. They examine the ways in which migration has been encouraged, tolerated, and contained by Chinese authorities, investigating how policies towards migrants reflect China's evolving position in the global migration order and the development trajectories it follows. The Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of legal and policy changes in the field, demonstrating the connections between immigration policy reforms and broader economic and societal developments. The Handbook on Migration to China is an essential resource for students, scholars, and researchers in Asian politics, policy and development, Chinese studies, migration, and population studies. Interdisciplinary in scope, it will also benefit practitioners and policymakers working in migration, regulation, governance, and public policy"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: List of contributors

Acknowledgements

1. Introduction to handbook on migration to China / Heidi Østbø Haugen and Bingyu Wang

Part I: Immigration law, policies, and trends

2. Immigration policymaking in China: A tool for development / Tabitha Speelman and Heidi Østbø Haugen

3. China's nationality law: Unreformed yet impacting migration / Eva Lena Richter and Jasper Habicht

4. Quantitative data on international migrants in China / Chen Chen and Ryan Rylee

5. China's policies on talent migration: Retrospective and outlook / Yadi Zhang and Martin Geiger

6. The return of Chinese emigrants: Legal barriers and local practices / Jiaqi M. Liu

Part II: Educational and knowledge migration

7. Student mobility to China: An overview / Peidong Yang, Nannan Lu and Junyan Yin

8. International students' acculturation and adaptation in China / Yang Liu

9. Foreign english language teachers in China / Lai Pik Chan, Raviv Litman and Shuling Wang

10. Academic mobilities to China / Bingyu Wang, Tianfeng Liu and Xinyang Li

11. Foreign volunteers in China / Pauline Leonard

Part III: Economic and labour migration

12. Foreign creative entrepreneurs in China's fashion industry / Christina Kefala

13. Foreign domestic workers in China: The case of filipino migrant workers / Xinrong Ma

14. Foreign traders: Brokers to bridge China and the world / Jixia Lu

15. Sports coach immigration and China's ambitious sport landscapes / Ce Guo

Part IV: Family, culture and identity

16. Marriage migration in China: Historical traces and contemporary trends / Elena Barabantseva, Jinghua Yang and Chengzhi Zhang

17. Expatriate children in China: Educational opportunities, constraints and strategies / Xiao Ma and James Farrer

18. Lifestyle mobilities and the China context / Bingyu Wang and Kexin An

19. Constructing international communities in urban China / Yunfang Lü and Weiyuan Qiu

20. Whiteness in China's fashion modeling industry: Trading beauty, making race / Ke Ma

21. Public attitudes towards immigration in China / Tabitha Speelman

Part V: Immigration governance and border control

22. Refugee migration to the people's republic of China / Elena Soboleva

23. Chinese border security: Historical and contemporary threat perceptions at China's borders / Franziska Plümmer

24. Migrant lives in border contexts: The case of the burmese communities in yunnan's ruili and tengchong / Yi Yang and Alessandro Rippa

25. Cross-border mobility from taiwan / Ai Ke

26. Cross-border human trafficking into China / Qing Lan and Tianji Cai

27. Involuntary immobility in migration to China / Heidi Østbø Haugen

Part VI: Commentaries

28. How does migration to China inform migration and mobilities studies? / Juan Zhang

29. Towards a Chinese migration studies? / Francis L. Collins.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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ISBN:

9781035332700 (e-book)

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