WeChat and the Chinese Diaspora

Wanning Sun is a Professor of Media and Communication at University of Technology Sydney, Australia.Haiqing Yu is an ARC Future Fellow and Professor of Media and Communication at RMIT University, Melbourne, Australia.

• WeChat and Chinese diaspora: introduction Wanning Sun and Haiqing Yu Part 1: Infrastructure, regulatory frameworks, business and industries 1. WeChat as everyday tactics: ride-hailing and place-making in Vancouver Yijia Zhang 2. WeChat as migration infrastructure: the case of Chinese-Russian precarious labour markets Natalia Ryzhova and Iuliia Koreshkova 3. From ethnic media to ethno-transnational media: news-focused WeChat subscription accounts in Australia Fan Yang Part 2: Technological tendencies, affordances, and relations 4. WeChat as a digital bridge for the Chinese residents in Italy? A study of the use of social media during the first wave of COVID-19 Gianluigi Negro and Lala Hu 5. Canary in the coal mine: WeChat subscription accounts in the United Arab Emirates Haiqing Yu and Jack Kangjie Liu Part 3: Content, narratives, discourses 6. WeChatting American politics: misinformation and political polarization in the immigrant Chinese media ecosystem Chi Zhang 7. News via WeChat for Chinese speakers in Brazil: towards integration with the PRC information environment Josh Stenberg Part 4: Identity, sentiments, emotions and affect 8. Building a life on the soil of the ultimate other: WeChat and the sense of belonging among Chinese migrants in Japan Xinyu Wang 9. From the politics of motherland to the politics of motherhood: Chinese golden visa migrants in Hungary Fanni Beck 10. WeChat, ‘ethnic grouping’ and ‘class belonging’: the formation of citizen identity among Chinese now living in Paris Simeng Wang 11. Global app, local politics, and Chinese migrants in Africa: a comparative study of Zambia and Angola Hangwei Li Further notes on WeChat and Chinese diaspora: a conclusion Haiqing Yu and Wanning Sun