Historical Image of Overseas Chinese of the Xijiang River Basin in Guangdong Province
- DOI
- 10.2991/assehr.k.201214.154How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- transnational immigration, migration network, Qiaoxiang in the Xijiang River Basin
- Abstract
This work attempts to analyze the migration trajectory of the overseas communities in Xijiang River Basin in Guangdong Province based on the county historical materials. Results show that villagers in this area moved abroad as far back as in the Ming dynasty, but mass migration occurred after the mid-19th century, which was subject to the natural, social, political and economic conditions of both societies of origin and target. Early immigrants could be divided into free choice migration and “indentured labors”, they all lived by the sweat of their brow. Sihui, Gaoyao and Sanshui were the three key Qiaoxiang in this region, however, there were significant differences in the migration directions. The people of Sihui and Sanshui took the Malay Peninsula as their resettlement destination, Gaoyao villagers tended to immigrate to Australia, this was related to the migration network constructing by the transnational flow of local people. The network was a part of the important social capital, maintaining the continuation of emigration flow. To some extent, the weakening of transnational practice has led to the “decline” of Qiaoxiang in the Xijiang River Basin.
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- © 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - Ting Wu PY - 2020 DA - 2020/12/16 TI - Historical Image of Overseas Chinese of the Xijiang River Basin in Guangdong Province BT - Proceedings of the 2020 6th International Conference on Social Science and Higher Education (ICSSHE 2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 808 EP - 812 SN - 2352-5398 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201214.154 DO - 10.2991/assehr.k.201214.154 ID - Wu2020 ER -