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Books reviewed in this article:Lynn Pan (ed.), The Encyclopedia of the Chinese OverseasLynn Pan, Sons of the Yellow Emperor: A History of the Chinese DiasporaSharon K. Hom (ed.), Chinese Women Traversing Diaspora: Memoirs, Essays, and Poetry

Russian Federation is the closest Northern neighbour of China. Relations with Russia are thus in the center of Chinese geopolitical and economic interests are nowadays. In 1990-2010 socio-economic and political cooperation between the two countries got more dynamic and presented the following features: cross-border labor increased; the amount of investments and trade increased; new forms of migration appeared, and intercultural exchanges between the populations intensified. The transformation of socio-economic and political relations changed also the style of living and infrastructure of the border regions of Russia and China. The objective of the present paper is to probe the links between the Chinese investments and migration of the Chinese to Russia in the period 1990-2012. The paper proceeds thus in the following four steps: brief description of investments and trade exchange between Russia and China; analysis of migration flows between China and Russia in the new economic context; categorization of Chinese migration to Russia and of economic activities of Chinese diaspora and their links to investment; analysis of specificities of socio-economic adaptation of Chinese migrants in Russia. ; The MPC is co-financed by the European University Institute and the European Union

With around 40 million people worldwide, the ethnic Chinese and the Chinese in diaspora form the largest diaspora in the world. The economic reform of China which began in the late 1970s marked a huge phase of migration from China, and the new migrants, many of whom were well educated, have had a major impact on the local societies and on China. This is the first interdisciplinary Handbook to examine the Chinese diaspora, and provides a comprehensive analysis of the processes and effects of Chinese migration under the headings of:Population and distributionMainland China and Taiwan's policies

The Chinese diaspora is compelled either to prostrate to an edifying project of assimilation to U.S. liberal democracy, or be branded as illiberal "Red Guards" unfit for serious political discourse. This discursive context has long mobilized overseas Chinese to affirm the universalism of Western liberalism in opposition to a Chinese despotism defined either by dynastic backwardness or communist depravity. Can overseas Chinese speak for themselves in the face of the West's "hegemonic right to knowledge?" Or will all such speech that challenges U.S. presuppositions of liberal selfhood and Chinese despotism simply be tuned out as illiberal noise?

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- General Editor's Preface -- Note on Romanization of Chinese -- Introduction -- Bibliography -- PART ONE - CONCEPTS AND OVERVIEW -- 1 Conceptualizing Chinese Diasporas, 1842 to 1949 -- 2 The Distribution and Occupations of Overseas Chinese -- PART TWO - MIGRATION, INTERACTION AND HYBRIDITY IN SOUTHEAST ASIA -- 3 Change and Persistence in Chinese Culture Overseas: A Comparison of Thailand and Java -- 4 Mac Thien Tu and Phrayataksin: A Survey on their Political Stand. Conflicts and Background -- 5 The Chinaman Abroad: An Account of the Malayan Archipelago, particularly of Java -- 6 The Chinese Mestizo in Philippine History -- PART THREE - AROUND THE PACIFIC -- 7 Chinese Emigration to Canada, Australia and New Zealand -- 8 The Chinese Struggle for Civil Rights in Nineteenth Century America: The First Phase, 1850-1870 -- 9 Origins of the Chinese in the South Pacific Islands -- 10 From Gold Mountain Women to Astronauts' Wives: Challenges to New Zealand Chinese Women -- 11 Taoke or Coolies? Chinese Visions of the Chinese Diaspora -- PART FOUR - BETWEEN NATIONALISMS -- 12 A Note on the Origins of Hua-Ch'iao -- 13 The Overseas Chinese and the 1911 Revolution -- 14 Pigtail: A Pre-History of Chineseness in Siam -- Index

This study is an attempt to follow the Chinese emigrant in the different regions of the Ocean, to survey with him the historical, political, social and economic set up of his adopted country, to recall his wilfulness of overcoming the obstacles he faces, the temptations to form a separate social entity and his hesitations before finally adopting the nationality of his new country