Chinese Diaspora ＂at Home＂: Mainlander Taiwanese in Dongguan and Shanghai

Ping Lin

《The China Review An Interdisciplinary Journal on Greater China》 11卷2期 (2011/11) Pp. 43-64

摘要

While most research on migration in China focuses on the Chinese overseas, this research instead analyzes the immigration of the ＂Chinese＂ from Taiwan. This article uses data gathered in Dongguan and Shanghai in 2004-5 and follow-up interviews in 2008-10 to explore the experiences of Mainlander Taiwanese living in China. By examining their Chinese experience and the perceptions of the Chinese, this article argues that both the immigrants and the locals were reluctant to integrate with each other. They view one another as brothers only in name. It suggests that ethnicity is not a thing in the world but a perspective on the world formed through the daily interaction and learning process.