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Global Hong Kong Post-2019 Migration and the New Hong Kong Diaspora
This book examines the most recent outmigration waves from Hong Kong (HK), a city experiencing drastic social changes since 2019, the year when it witnessed a series of social protests.
Structured in three parts, i.e., HK–UK in continuum and the new HK diaspora in the UK; The new HK diaspora beyond Europe; and Transforming population geographies in HK, the chapters in this book analyse the post-2019 migration that occurred in the midst of the city’s fast-changing socio-political condition. The contributors focus on migrants’ experiences of migration and settlement, and their integration efforts in the destinations. This book also explores the home-building processes and identity changes among HK immigrants, how migration policies are embedded in complex national and regional politics, and how this new wave of migration has impacted HK. It suggests that new HK migrant communities have resulted in the formation of distinctive HK diasporas and a “Global Hong Kong”. It shows how migration evolves in this age of globalisation and hypermobility, alongside global geopolitics and the changing social and political environment in Asia.
A valuable contribution to the understanding of HK migration in particular and Asian migration in general, this book will be of interest to overseas Chinese studies, diaspora and migration studies, and Asian studies.
Introduction: Post-2019 Hong Kong migration and the Hong Kong diaspora: A historical perspective and a multiscalar approach, Yuk Wah Chan Part I: HK-UK in continuum and the new Hong Kong diaspora in the UK 1. ‘Global Britain’, the coloniality of migration, and the Hong Kong BN(O) Visa, Michaela Benson; 2. From colonial subjects to British? Hong Kong–British identity and BN(O) migrants in the UK, Yuk Wah Chan; 3. Hong Kong Christian migrants in search of identity and a home in the UK, Yvette To; 4. Hong Kongers and the Hong Kong diasporic foodscape in the UK, Yuk Wah Chan Part II: The new Hong Kong diaspora beyond Europe 5. Four waves of Hong Kong immigrants to Canada: Is there an emerging diasporic community? Miu Chung Yan and Susanna Ng; 6. From reluctant to emotional: Hong Kong migrants and their discontent in Taiwan, Wing Chung Ho; 7. Work-life (im)balance and existential (im)mobility: Hong Kong professional migrants in Australia, Yvette To Part III: Transforming population geographies in Hong Kong 8. The impact of post-2019 migration on Hong Kong population dynamics, Ka Wang Kelvin Lam and Eric Fong; 9. The exodus of expatriates during political change and the COVID-19 pandemic: A case study of the French in Hong Kong, Emilie Tran; 10. Migrants and their parents: Elder mobility, care and floating child–parent relationships, Yuk Wah Chan and Eunice Yin-Yung Chiu; Conclusion: Hong Kong migration: Continuity, change, and controversy, Yvette To; Index
Biography
Yuk Wah Chan is Associate Professor at the City University of Hong Kong. Her research interests cover international migration, tourism, borderland, identity, and food studies. She has published a number of volumes on Asian migration and diasporas, including New Chinese Migrations: Mobility, Home, and Inspirations (Routledge 2017, co-edited with Sin Yee Koh). She is one of the Series Editors of the Routledge Series on Asian Migration.
Yvette To is Assistant Professor at The Hong Kong Polytechnic University. Her research covers migration intermediaries and settlement patterns of migrants, and she is the author of Contested Development in China’s Transition to an Innovation-driven Economy (Routledge, 2022).
