A concise and compelling survey of Chinese migration in global history centered on Chinese migrants and their families.

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 whi

Leading scholars in the field consider the profound importance of meanings of place and the spatial processes of mobility and settlement for the Chinese oversea

A study of the continuing migration of the Chinese diaspora. The book blends history, biography and travel writing with a personal portrait from the author. THE

Native and foreign speakers, mother tongues and national languages have jostled for distinction throughout the modern period. The fight for global dominance bet