ABSTRACT
In recent years, the issue of Chinese immigration, as well as the formation of huaqiao (overseas Chinese) communities, has attracted interest within Russia. There is good reason to believe that Chinese migration to Russia will grow as the economic situation in Russia normalises. The average annual growth of the number of Chinese who go abroad for private purposes has exceeded 30 percent over the last few years. This migration occurs against the background of a declining Russian population. This process will determine the country’s demographic situation for the next few decades to come. 15–30,000 Chinese enter Russia annually as temporary workers in construction, agriculture and other fields and through official invitations from Russian organizations. Chinese students and trainees account for several more thousand. The composition of Chinese immigration to Moscow differs from that to Eastern Siberia and the Far East. In Moscow, our sample included migrants from all Chinese provinces, particularly the northern and eastern regions.
