Chinese Transnationalism in Britain: A Longer History

Growing Up Ethnic in Transnational Worlds: Identities Among Second-Generation Chinese and Dominicans

“…Studies of immigrant transnationalism, both historical and contemporary, have been characterized by four major themes. 2 First, attention has been paid to the role of migrants as citizens of nation-states, in particular, their regional and political attachments, and the more recent efforts of nation-states to reclaim their allegiance through "ideas of nation, blood, and race in nationalist rhetoric" (Guarnizo 1998b;Glick Schiller 1999;Hsu 2000;Louie 2001;Benton 2003). Second is the role of transnational markets, entrepreneurs and capital, particularly in the development of ethnic communities and ethnic enclaves (Zhou 1992;Portes and Grosfoguel 1994;Lin 1995Lin , 1998Fong 1996;Grasmuck and Grosfoguel 1997;Smart and Smart 1998;Zhou and Cai 2002).…”

Global Modernisers or Local Subalterns? Parallel Perceptions of Chinese Transnationals in Hungary

“…Benton 2003;Hsu 2002;McKeown 2001). More importantly, a burgeoning global Chinese media, endorsed by state discourse in China, celebrates the global nature of Chinese migration and entrepreneurship as a contribution to modernity both in China and worldwide (Nyíri 2002b;Sun 2002).…”

Transnational Ethnographies and Anthropological Imaginings of Migrancy

“…Mayer 1962) and the growing evidence that transnational social, economic and political relations have long been a way of life for many people (e.g. Benton 2003).…”