ABSTRACT
This final chapter has two main functions – to pull together the topics so ruthlessly separated by the classification of materials adopted in this book, notably, first, the harsh distinction between Southeast Asia, ‘China’, and Northeast Asia. This chapter will focus especially on those issues that cross the geographical frontiers of these three macro regions. Second, the strict separation of international migration from internal migration. Some of the most exciting analyses of East Asian migration purposely bring these migrations together and treat them as part of larger multi-scale processes. In addition, the chapter takes a glance, albeit a highly speculative one, into the future. How are the trends already in play, and those likely to emerge in the near future, going to alter the picture of migrations presented here?
