Shanghai rush: Skilled migrants in a fantasy city

Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies

Volumn 37, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 765-784

  Tseng, Yen Fen ^a  

^a NATIONAL TAIWAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Global Cities; Postcolonial Cities; Shanghai; Skilled Migration; Taiwanese

Indexed keywords

CULTURE; METROPOLITAN AREA; MIGRANT WORKER; MIGRATION; POST-COLONIALISM; SKILLED LABOR; WORLD CITY;

CHINA; SHANGHAI;

EID: 79952947905     PISSN: 1369183X     EISSN: 14699451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1369183X.2011.559717     Document Type: Article

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