Handbook of Chinese Migration to Europe

Mette Thunø, Ph.D., is Associate Professor in China Studies at the Department of Global Studies, Aarhus University, Denmark. She publishes extensively on Chinese migration and diaspora policies, including Beyond Chinatown: New Chinese Migration and the Global Expansion of China (NIAS Press, 2007).Simeng Wang, Ph.D., is a Permanent Researcher at the French National Centre for Scientific Research. She publishes extensively on Chinese migration to France, including Chinese in France amid the COVID-19 Pandemic: Daily Lives, Racial Struggles and Transnational Citizenship of Migrants and Descendants (Brill, 2023).Emilie Tran Sautedé, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in Politics and Public Administration, Hong Kong Metropolitan University. She publishes on China’s global influence, including China in the Mediterranean: An Arena of Strategic Competition? (Routledge, 2024).Yu-chin Tseng, Ph.D., is Assistant Professor in Chinese Studies, University of Tübingen. Her research interests include gender, mobility, and intimacy in the context of Asia and Europe.

• AcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsAbbreviationsNotes on ContributorsIntroductionChinese Migration to EuropeMette Thunø and Simeng WangPART 1: Statistical Data on Chinese Populations in Europe1 How Many Chinese are Living in Europe?A Demographic (De)ConstructionJoaquín Beltrán AntolínPART 2: Migration Motivations and Pathways2 Chinese Academic Mobility to EuropeAn Overview and a Plea for a Family PerspectiveMaggi W.H. Leung3 Chinese International Students in EuropePush, Pull, and Mooring FactorsEmilie Tran-Sautedé and Fei Vincent Mo4 From Production to ReproductionPursuing a “Better Life” in HungaryFanni Beck5 The Rise and the Fall of the Golden VisaThe Case of Chinese Investors in Greece and PortugalYu-chin Tseng and Sofia Gaspar6 Temporary Labour Migration and Chinese State-Led Infrastructure Development in SerbiaImogen T. Liu7 Understanding the Emotional Dynamics and Aspirations of Statusless Chinese Migrants in the UKLuo SiyuPART 3: China as a Diaspora State8 China’s Diaspora Governance in the Twenty-First CenturyTowards an Analytical FrameworkMette Thunø9 Diaspora Politics and a Rising ChinaAmbivalent Ties Amid Geopolitical ChangesJiaqi M. Liu10 Local Diaspora Engagement and Emigration as a Cultural ResourceThe Case of a Europe-Bound Sending Area in Southeast ChinaMartina BofulinPART 4: Economic Opportunities and Ethnic Entrepreneurship11 Chinese Wholesale Markets in ParisFrom Marginal Spaces to Strategic AssetsWuzhi Li, Marie Gibert-Flutre, and Gilles Guiheux12 Chinese Entrepreneurs in Russia and Their Transnational EmbeddednessLü Yun-fang and Wang Yi13 From Ethnic Restaurants to Local Coffee BarsChinese Migrant Entrepreneurship in Italy’s Food ServicesGrazia Ting Deng14 Migrant Entrepreneurship in the Digital AgeA Case Study of the Chinese Daigou Trade in Western EuropeYong Li and Chenna WangPART 5: Socialization and Intersecting Inequalities15 Leaving ChinaGender and Social Class in the New Female Chinese Mobilities to SpainAmelia Sáiz López16 Anti-Asian Racism in EuropeFocus on Experiences, Narratives, and Struggles Among Chinese Migrants and Descendants Living in FranceSimeng Wang and Francesco Madrisotti17 Sexuality, Socialization, and Inequalities on the MoveThe Lived Experiences of Young Chinese Gay Migrant Men in France and BelgiumCai Chen and Aaron Raphael Ponce18 Entrepreneurial and Transnational Socialization among Descendants of Chinese MigrantsA Cross-Country Study on New Transnational Mobilities between Europe and ChinaIrene Masdeu Torruella and Simeng WangPART 6: Identity Constructions and Cultural Representations19 Chinese Weekend Schools in EuropeDevelopments and ChallengesLi Minghuan and Bao Hanli20 Diversity and Dynamism within the Chinese ChurchContemporary Chinese Migrant Catholic Communities in France and ItalyEva Salerno21 Post-2019 Hong Kong Migration to the United KingdomDrivers, Identity, and ChangeYvette To and Yuk Wah Chan22 Cultural Production and Representations of IdentityQuestioning Chineseness in the Sino-Italian ContextValentina Pedone23 Contemporary Popular Media and Cultural Studies of Chinese Migrations to ItalyGaoheng ZhangIndex