ABSTRACT
This chapter outlines new directions of Chinese migration, shows the increasing diversification of the overseas Chinese world; and briefly discusses the relationships between nation-states and the Chinese diaspora. Each of the areas represents a comparatively new and little-studied terrain for Chinese, although they have a certain degree of continuity with existing or historical Chinese communities. Thus, Yokohama Chinatown in Japan, Chinese communities in Burma and a history of early-twentieth-century Chinese migration to Russia and France represent important backgrounds for the fin-de-siecle reappearance of Chinese sojourners. The globalising of Chinese migration in the region has been aided not only by the opening up of Eastern Europe but also by the tearing down of internal EU borders under the Schengen Agreement. The diversity of the Chinese diaspora inevitably generates a great variety of governmental attitudes in receiving countries on both nation-state and local self-government levels.
