ABSTRACT
Research has explored the lived experiences of Chinese transnational students and families in Australia, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, the United States, and Canada. Some of the members in transnational families were prepared to separate and live in different countries in order to work towards a promising future for their children by gaining overseas education and citizenship. This chapter expands current literature by drawing on data from an ethnographic study involving 12 young Chinese Australians in two schools in Brisbane. Drawing on seven sets of audio-recorded interviews, the chapter explores a range of topics including their transnational experiences, intergenerational conflicts, cultural capital, and investments as well as how their lifestyles, health, and physical activities are (re)produced within their home field. Bourdieu’s concepts are used to unpack the processes through which class, gender, and ethnicity penetrate these youths’ lives and how different forms of capital underpin their choices and strategies in their everyday activities.
