ABSTRACT
This chapter discusses an example of cooperation by Hong Kong Chinese people in Scotland, as they seek to organize language classes in their mother tongue for their Scottish-born children as part of a community-run, complementary school – offering Saturday classes in Cantonese and Mandarin language, Chinese dance, music and the visual arts for both Chinese and non-Chinese children and adults. Hong Kong Chinese people in the Scottish city work in a variety of occupations, principally the ethnic catering trade but also the professions and academia. There are a number of ways in which individuals may support the Chinese school, from financial contributions to giving time to teaching, governance or administration. Any moral values attached to cooperative behaviour as an example of proper ‘Chinese’ behaviour are particularly salient, and the ethnic markers described in the theory on ethnic cooperation could hardly be more evident.
