Citizens in Motion: Emigration, Immigration, and Re-Migration Across China’s Borders

182 Pages·2018·2.091 MB·English

by  Elaine Lynn Ho

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Citizens in Motion
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Citizens in Motion
Emigration, Immigration, and Re- migration
Across China’s Borders
Elaine Lynn- Ee Ho
Stanford University Press
Stanford, California
Stanford University Press
Stanford, California
© 2019 by the Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Ju nior University.
All rights reserved.
No part of this book may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means,
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storage or retrieval system without the prior written permission of Stanford University Press.
Printed in the United States of Amer i ca on acid- free, archival- quality paper
Library of Congress Cataloging- in- Publication Data
Names: Ho, Elaine Lynn- Ee, author.
Title: Citizens in motion : emigration, immigration, and re- migration across
China’s borders / Elaine Lynn- Ee Ho.
Description: Stanford, California : Stanford University Press, 2019. | Includes
bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018009227 | ISBN 9781503606661 (cloth : alk. paper) |
ISBN 9781503607460 (epub)
Subjects: LCSH: China— Emigration and immigration. | Chinese— Foreign countries. |
Chinese diaspora. | Citizenship— China.
Classification: LCC JV8701 .H6 2018 | DDC 304.8/20951— dc23
LC rec ord available at https:// lccn . loc . gov / 2018009227
Typeset by Westchester Publishing Services in 10/14 Minion Pro
Cover design: Rob Ehle
Cover photo: City workers, tolgart | iStock
In memory of Connie Lim
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Contents
Preface ix
Acknowl edgments xiii
1 Migration and Citizenship 1
2 Chinese Re- migration 17
3 Citizenship Across the Life Course 33
4 Multiple Diasporas 51
5 China at Home and Abroad 68
6 Contemporaneous Migration 86
Notes 97
Glossary 133
Bibliography 137
Index 157