全球化中的中华移民与华侨华人研究

论文从移民的背景、动机与动向等方面比较了近代与当代新老中华移民的异同;阐述了全球化背景中的中华移民在加拿大、美国、新西兰、澳洲与新加坡等"移民国家"与东南亚"原住民国家"的不同情况及其对于这些国家的影响和对当地华社的冲击;探讨了新移民研究的现状及其对当代华侨华人研究的启示。

Chinese Migrants in a Globalized World and the Study of "Chinese Overseas"

While Chinese migration has a long history,the greatest attention has been given to the recent waves of migration that started around the late 1970s and have continued to go upward up to today.From a Southeast Asian scholar’s perspective,the author first compares the similarities and differences between the old migrants and the new ones,including their economic and education backgrounds,motives,intended destinations,and migration channels.Based on this comparison,the author re-examines the conventional concepts of Chinese migration.The author then further compares the different situations the new Chinese migrants are confronted with and the different influences they have made in nations of immigrants such as Canada,the United States,New Zealand,Australia,and Singapore,and nations of indigenous inhabitants such as Malaysia,Indonesia,Vietnam,the Philippines,and Thailand.Finally the author compares the research work done by scholars abroad and in China and provides his advice.