ABSTRACT
“Return migration” is an important manifestation of the PRC migrants’ transnational mobility. Based on an analysis of New Zealand’s permanent and long-term travel (PLT) data, this chapter first compares the volume, pattern, and timing of returning to China and their associated reasons and social implications with return migration of New Zealand’s other four major immigrant groups from the Asia-Pacific region. Through comparison, the distinct feature of return migration patterns of the PRC migrants can be revealed. This chapter second reveals the financial transaction and investment of the “returnee” respondents compared with that of the “settler”, “transnational”, and “commuter” respondents.
