ABSTRACT

Comparing migration in China itself to Chinese migration to Europe, this book critically assesses received ideas, perceptions and theories concerning internal and international migration.Comparing migration in China itself to Chinese migration to Europe, this book critically assesses received ideas, perceptions and theories concerning internal and international migration. The book argues for the emergence of a Chinese world system in which internal and international mobility is a central and heterogenous feature. The book presents an unusually rich case study of migration and transnationalism of migrants from southern Zhejiang province in Chinese and European cities, studies of rural-urban migration in booming southern China, implementation of the birth control policy among migrants in Beijing, discrimination and stereotypisation of rural migrants in Shanghai, contract worker teams in Beijing, and forced urban-rural migration during the Cultural Revolution.

chapter 1|26 pages

Introduction

Chinese migrations compared*

part 1|129 pages

Chinese internal migration

chapter 2|20 pages

The “Static” Decades

Inter-provincial migration in Pre-Reform China

chapter 3|23 pages

Internal migration in China

A dualistic approach*

chapter 4|30 pages

Selectivity, migration reasons and backward linkages of rural-urban migrants

A sample survey of migrants to Foshan and Shenzhen in comparative perspective*

chapter 6|15 pages

The floating population and the integration of the city community

A survey on the attitudes of Shanghai residents to recent migrants*

part 2|138 pages

Zheiiang migrants in Europe and China

chapter 8|22 pages

Moving Stones from China to Europe

The Dynamics of Emigration from Zhejiang to Europe*

chapter 11|36 pages

“Zhejiang Village” in Beijing

Creating a visible non-state space through migration and marketized traditional networks*

chapter 12|29 pages

Chinese organizations in Hungary 1989–1996

A case study in PRC-oriented community politics overseas

chapter 13|15 pages

Exporting the “Wenzhou model” to Beijing and Florence

Suggestions for a comparative perspective on labour and economic organization in two migrant communities*

part 3|36 pages

Migration, identity and belonging

chapter 14|18 pages

Female autobiographies from the Cultural Revolution

Returned Xiaxiang educated women in the 1990s*

part 4|15 pages

Conclusion

chapter 16|13 pages

Conclusion

Of exceptionalisms and generalities