ABSTRACT
Comparing migration in China itself to Chinese migration to Europe, this book critically assesses received ideas, perceptions and theories concerning internal and international migration.Comparing migration in China itself to Chinese migration to Europe, this book critically assesses received ideas, perceptions and theories concerning internal and international migration. The book argues for the emergence of a Chinese world system in which internal and international mobility is a central and heterogenous feature. The book presents an unusually rich case study of migration and transnationalism of migrants from southern Zhejiang province in Chinese and European cities, studies of rural-urban migration in booming southern China, implementation of the birth control policy among migrants in Beijing, discrimination and stereotypisation of rural migrants in Shanghai, contract worker teams in Beijing, and forced urban-rural migration during the Cultural Revolution.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|129 pages
Chinese internal migration
chapter 4|30 pages
Selectivity, migration reasons and backward linkages of rural-urban migrants
chapter 6|15 pages
The floating population and the integration of the city community
part 2|138 pages
Zheiiang migrants in Europe and China
chapter 8|22 pages
Moving Stones from China to Europe
chapter 11|36 pages
“Zhejiang Village” in Beijing
chapter 12|29 pages
Chinese organizations in Hungary 1989–1996
chapter 13|15 pages
Exporting the “Wenzhou model” to Beijing and Florence
part 3|36 pages
Migration, identity and belonging
chapter 14|18 pages
Female autobiographies from the Cultural Revolution
part 4|15 pages
Conclusion