Vancouver's newest Chinese diaspora: Settlers or "immigrant prisoners"?

GeoJournal

Volumn 68, Issue 2-3, 2007, Pages 211-222

  Teo, Sin Yih ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Diaspora; People's Republic of China; Skilled immigrants; Transnationalism; Vancouver

Indexed keywords

EDUCATION; PRISONS; STRATEGIC PLANNING;

CHILDCARE; IMMIGRATION; TRANSNATIONALISM; VANCOUVER;

REGIONAL PLANNING;

ASIAN IMMIGRANT; DIASPORA; IMMIGRATION; INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION; MIGRANTS EXPERIENCE; SKILLED LABOR;

ASIA; BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA; CHINA; EURASIA; FAR EAST; NORTH AMERICA; VANCOUVER;

EID: 34347334423     PISSN: 03432521     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10708-007-9071-2     Document Type: Article

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