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- Title
Chinese Diaspora "at Home": Mainlander Taiwanese in Dongguan and Shanghai.
- Authors
Ping Lin
- Abstract
While most research on migration in China focuses on the Chinese overseas, this research instead analyzes the immigration of the "Chinese" from Taiwan. This article uses data gathered in Dongguan and Shanghai in 2004-5 and follow-up interviews in 2008-10 to explore the experiences of Mainlander Taiwanese living in China. By examining their Chinese experience and the perceptions of the Chinese, this article argues that both the immigrants and the locals were reluctant to integrate with each other. They view one another as brothers only in name. It suggests that ethnicity is not a thing in the world but a perspective on the world formed through the daily interaction and learning process.
- Subjects
SHANGHAI (China); TAIWAN; CHINA; EMIGRATION &; immigration; DIASPORA
- Publication
China Review: An Interdisciplinary Journal on Greater China, 2011, Vol 11, Issue 2, p43
- ISSN
1680-2012
- Publication type
Article