Books in the Routledge Series on Asian Migration series

This book identifies and examines new forms and paths of Chinese migration since the 1980s. It provides updated trends and patterns of new migration movements of the Chinese, including their emergent geographies. With chapters highlighting the diversities and complexities of these new waves of Chinese migration, this volume offers novel insights

China has now become as migrant destination, and Shanghai is China's most globalized city. This book covers the development of Shanghai's expatriate communities, from their role in the opening up of Shanghai to foreign investment in the early 1980s through tothe explosive growth after China joined the World Trade Organization in 2000.