As China's international influence grows, this timely collection reveals how the global movement of the country's people, culture, information, and economy continues to shape Canadian cities and China itself.
Lloyd L. Wong is an associate professor of sociology at the University of Calgary. He coedited Transnational Identities and Practices in Canada and is an editor of the journal Canadian Ethnic Studies.Contributors: Kay Anderson, Marcella S. Cassiano, Stephanie Chan, Elena Chou, Paul Crowe, Sara Dorow, Eric Fong, Karl Froschauer, Shibao Guo, Yan Guo, Shuyu Kong, David Chuenyan Lai, Ho Hon Leung, Eva Xiaoling Li, Jenny Li, Peter S. Li, Wei Li, Lucia Lo, Yixi Lu, Guida Man, Heather Schmidt, Lloyd L. Wong, Henry Yu, Shaolu Yu, Yan Zhang, and Li Zong
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Trans-Pacific Mobilities: The Chinese and Canada provides a welcome breadth of knowledge on different groups of ethnic Chinese in Canada from the late nineteenth century to the present day. - Jennifer Lau (The Ormsby Review)
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Introduction: Trans-Pacific Mobilites: The Chinese and Canada / Lloyd L. WongPart 1: Historical Mobilities1 The Cantonese Pacific: Migration Networks Across Space and Time / Henry Yu and Stephanie Chan2 Transnational Mobilities in Canadian Chinatowns / David Chuenyan LaiPart 2: Cultural and Symbolic Mobilities3 Heeding the Phoenix Pen: Trans-Pacific Scriptures from Lü Dongbin / Paul Crowe4 Mandarin Profile: Chinese-Language Television and Geo-Ethnic Storytelling / Shuyu Kong5 Media Representations of Investment and Labour in Alberta's Resource Economy / Marcella Sisqueira Cassiano, Sara Dorow, and Heather SchmidtPart 3: Highly Skilled Mobilities6 New Immigrants from China to Canada, 1980-2009: Migration Patterns and Economic Performance / Eva Xiaoling Li and Peter S. Li7 Economic Mobilities of Highly Skilled China-Born Migrants in Canada and the United States / Lucia Lo, Shaolu Yu, and Wei Li8 Chinese Techno-Immigrants in Western Canada / Karl Froschauer and Lloyd L. Wong9 Canadian Immigration Policy and Chinese Students: Transitioning to Permanent Residency / Yixi Lu and Li ZongPart 4: Family and Gendered Mobilities10 Locational Dispersion of Family Members: Chinese in Toronto / Eric Fong and Jenny Li11 Gendered Practices of Middle-Class Chinese Immigrant Women Professionals / Guida Man and Elena Chou12 Bringing Transnationalism Home: Mobility and Locality in China-Canada Adoption / Sara DorowPart 5: Transnational Mobilities13 Exploring Transnational Identities of Chinese Immigrant Children in Canada / Yan Zhang and Yan Guo14 Double Diaspora: Chinese Canadians in Beijing / Shibao Guo15 The Practice of Transnationalism in Pacific Mall: Chinese Canadian Experience / Ho Hon Leung16 Chinatown Unbound / Kay AndersonIndex
