Media and Communication in the Chinese Diaspora - Rethinking Transnationalism

The rise of China has brought about both an increase in the number of and a change in the demographic characteristics of Chinese-language-speaking migrants. At the same time the Chinese government has implemented a stronger "going global" policy, pushing for the internationalisation of Chinese media and culture. This book explores the nature of Chinese communities and their relationship to the media in a range of countries worldwide. Overall, the book demonstrates that despite China's assertive "going global" media push, diasporic Chinese communities are being further decentralised and refashioned in multiple and sometimes contradictory ways.

List of contents

Introduction: Rethinking Chinese Diasporic Media 1. "New Migrants" from the PRC and the Transformation of Chinese Media: The Case of Cambodia 2. The Conundrum of the "Honorary Whites": Media and Being Chinese in South Africa 3. An Overseas Orthodoxy? Shifting toward Pro-PRC Media in Chinese-Speaking Brazil 4. Bridge or Barrier: Migration, Media, and the Sojourner Mentality in Chinese Communities in Italy and Spain 5. Unique Past and Common Future: Chinese Immigrants and Chinese-Language Media in France 6. Politics of Homeland: Hegemonic Discourses of the Intervening Homeland in Chinese Diasporic Newspapers in the Netherlands CHONG 7. The Chinese Diaspora, Motherland, and "June Fourth": A Discourse Analysis of the BBC Chinese "Have Your Say" Forum, 2009–13 8. Geo-ethnic Storytelling: Chinese-Language Television in Canada Shuyu KONG 9. Cyber China and Evolving Transnational Identities: The Case of New Zealand 10. Provisional Business Migrants to Western Australia, Social Media, and Conditional Belonging 11. Xin Yimin: "New" Chinese Migration and New Media in a Trinidadian Town

About the author

Wanning Sun, University of Technology Sydney, Australia
John Sinclair, University of Melbourne, Australia

Product details

• Authors: Wanning (University of Technology Sun, Wanning Sinclair Sun
• Assisted by: John Sinclair (Editor), Wanning Sun (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 29.09.2015
• EAN: 9781138859401
• ISBN: 978-1-138-85940-1
• No. of pages: 246
• Series: Media, Culture and Social Change in Asia
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; China, Ethnic Studies, History, Media Studies, Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, International Relations, Humanities, Migration, immigration & emigration, Communication Studies, Regional Studies, Migration, immigration and emigration, Regional / International studies, Development Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General