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Chen (陳靜瑜), Christine Chin-yu. "Transformation of a New Chinese Immigrant Community in the United States: A Case Study in Flushing, New York (美國新華人移民社區的轉型—以紐約法拉盛為探討中心)." Translocal Chinese: East Asian Perspectives 11, no. 2 (September 22, 2017): 208–29. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/24522015-01102003.
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Early Chinese immigrants in America centered on the Chinatown, which had fixed blocks and scope of activities. The distinguishing features of its ethnic culture and economy were formed by the ethnic Chinese immigrants who dwelt there. The Chinatown has become identified with the early Chinese immigrants and become one of the most unique residential areas for any ethnic group. Ever since the 1965 amendments to the American Immigration and Nationality Act, however, new Chinese arrivals no longer inhabit Chinatowns after they reach the United States. Without stationary blocks and scopes of activities, new Chinese immigrant communities have become enclaves accommodating multiple ethnic groups instead of one particular ethnicity. These communities are closely connected to a variety of ethnic features and have a tremendously different appearance from that of Chinatown. This transformation is still in progress and has been widely-considered by many scholars researching overseas ethnic Chinese immigrants. Flushing, in New York, is the largest Chinese immigrant community in the twenty-first century. This essay takes it as a case study to look into the evolution of Chinese immigrant communities in the United States. 早期美國華人移民以唐人街為中心，它有固定的街區，一定的活動範圍。老移民住在這個範圍內，形成它鮮明的族裔文化和經濟特色，贏得了早期華人移民的認同，成為美國最具特色的族裔聚居區之一。自1965年新移民法修改後，新移民移入美國，不再以唐人街為居住區域，新華人移民社區無固定的街區，無固定的活動範圍，無單一的族裔聚集區，甚或是多族裔聚集的區域，靠著族裔特色融匯在一起，與過去的唐人街特色迥異，這種改變正在持續中，也是現今研究海外華人的學者關注的課題。本文欲藉由21世紀全球最大的華人移民社區—紐約的法拉盛（Flushing） 為例，探討美國華人移民社區的演變。 (This article is in English).
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Baldanova, Radzhana A. "AFRICANOPHOBIA IN PRC AND SYNOPHOBIA IN AFRICA DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THE PROBLEM OF ADAPTATION IN THE HOST SOCIETY." TODAY AND TOMORROW OF THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY, no. 101-102 (2020): 28–35. http://dx.doi.org/10.26653/1993-4947-2020-101-102-03.
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Since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, a wave of xenophobia has risen around the world. Many countries around the world have begun to use the pandemic to promote all sorts of anti-immigrant sentiments by demonizing migrants. In the international media, there were reports of cases of infringement of the rights and attacks on immigrants from Asia, accused of spreading the coronavirus infection. In Russia, at the very beginning of the pandemic, there was discrimination against Chinese citizens. In African countries, anti-Chinese sentiments were widespread in countries long before the pandemic, and this is due to the dissatisfaction of local residents with the intensification of Chinese economic and political activity on the continent. Many African politicians use xenophobia as a way to fight for power. In China, during the pandemic, anti-immigrant sentiments intensified and they did not bypass African citizens. The PRC is trying with all its might to increase investment in its economy. This is what determined the main course of the PRC’s migration policy — attracting overseas Chinese and foreign specialists, who do not include African migrants. Therefore, Afrikanophobia in China is explained by the difficulty of integration and the presence of a large number of Africans who illegally live and work in China. The local community is dissatisfied with the unauthorized activities of African migrants. During the pandemic, the situation escalated and the Chinese authorities began to accuse Africans living in China of discrimination. However, under the People’s Republic of China Prevention and Control of Infectious Diseases Law of 2013, all foreigners were subject to control during the epidemic.
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Wang, Yi, Man Guo, Jinyu Liu, and Kara Carter. "Understanding the Pathways of Neighborhood Environmental Influences on Health Among U.S. Chinese Older Immigrants." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 110–11. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.364.
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Abstract Neighborhood environment has proven to be consequential for older Americans’ physical, mental and cognitive health. However, this topic is much less studied among older Asian immigrants, a fast growing immigrant group who embrace values of collectivism and community connections. The current study used the first wave data (N=2920) of the Population Study of Chinese Elderly (PINE), the largest population-based sample of Chinese older adults in the U.S., 1) to examine the direct associations between neighborhood environment (social cohesion, physical disorder) and health outcomes (self-rated health, depression, and cognitive health); and 2) to identify possible mediators at intrapersonal (sense of hopelessness, sense of mastery) and interpersonal levels (social engagement, cognitive engagement) through which neighborhood environment influences health. The results of Sobel tests from path analysis showed that neighborhood social cohesion was associated with better health outcomes on all the domains: self-rated health (b= 0.050, p<.01), depression (b= -0.202 p<.001), and cognitive health (b=0.092, p<.001), whereas neighborhood physical disorder was associated with poorer self-rated health (b= -0.069, p<.01) and more depressive symptoms (b=0.174, p<.001). Full and partial mediations were detected. For example, neighborhood physical disorder influences depression completely through intrapersonal traits, higher sense of hopelessness (b=1.879, p<0.001) and reduced sense of mastery (b= -2.656, p<0.001). Neighborhood social cohesion contributes to better cognitive health partially through increased social engagement (b=1.696, p<0.001) as well as cognitive activities (b=1.392, p<0.001). The findings identified the ecological component in resilience building processes, and provide evidence for mezzo-level intervention to improve health among aging U.S. Chinese immigrants.
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WANG, JIWU. "Organised Protestant Missions to Chinese Immigrants in Canada, 1885–1923." Journal of Ecclesiastical History 54, no. 4 (October 2003): 691–713. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0022046903008029.
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During a period of almost forty years, major Protestant denominations in Canada consolidated their scattered and individual Chinese mission activities into centralised institutions. However, the missions did not gain significant success in the mission field. Church leaders and missionaries often attributed this to a chronic lack of financial and human resources. But the real reason was the anti-Chinese sentiment that always cast a shadow over the missions. The rise of nationalism in the Chinese community at the turn of the twentieth century also had a negative effect on the mission.
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Verver, Michiel, David Passenier, and Carel Roessingh. "Contextualising ethnic minority entrepreneurship beyond the west." International Journal of Entrepreneurial Behavior & Research 25, no. 5 (August 13, 2019): 955–73. http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/ijebr-03-2019-0190.
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Purpose Literature on immigrant and ethnic minority entrepreneurship almost exclusively focusses on the west, while neglecting other world regions. This neglect is problematic not only because international migration is on the rise outside the west, but also because it reveals an implicit ethnocentrism and creates particular presumptions about the nature of ethnic minority entrepreneurship that may not be as universally valid as is often presumed. The purpose of this paper is to examine ethnic minority entrepreneurship in non-western contexts to critically assess two of these presumptions, namely that it occurs in the economic margins and within clear ethnic community boundaries. Design/methodology/approach The authors draw on academic literature (including the authors’ own) to develop two case descriptions of ethnic minority entrepreneurship outside the west: the Mennonites in Belize and the Chinese in Cambodia. For each case, the authors describe the historic entrepreneurial trajectory, i.e. the historical emergence of entrepreneurship in light of relevant community and society contexts. Findings The two cases reveal that, in contrast to characterisations of ethnic minority entrepreneurship in the west, the Mennonites in Belize and the Chinese in Cambodia have come to comprise the economic upper class, and their business activities are not confined to ethnic community boundaries. Originality/value The paper is the first to elaborate the importance of studying ethnic minority entrepreneurship outside the west, both as an aim in itself and as a catalyst to work towards a more neutral framework.
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Chen, Anqi, and Yongxin Lu. "Beyond Ethnic Enclave: Social Integration of Chinese Immigrants in Paris’s “Little Asia”." Journal for Undergraduate Ethnography 10, no. 2 (October 19, 2020): 73–92. http://dx.doi.org/10.15273/jue.v10i2.10354.
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This paper studies the integration of Chinese immigrants in the Triangle de Choisy neighborhood in Paris, which is known for being an exotic hub of Chinese commercial and cultural activities. Based on Serge Paugam’s model, we investigated the social integration of Chinese residents in the neighborhood. Our ndings show that while dense social bonds allowed for better connection, our respondents are generally reluctant to address political engagement, which Paugam (2017) considers as one of the four key aspects of social integration. The apparent result seems to con rm the so-called Chinese ethics of diligent work and political indi erence. However, after closer examination, we found diverse forms of participation that have not been captured by the conventional ethnic- centric understanding of political engagement. First, universalistic welfare policies reduced incentives for community-based mobilization. Second, a high level of internal heterogeneity within the community and exclusion of ethnic-particularistic experience in mainstream politics both led to individualized, subtle forms of participation. By situating individual political choice within their particular memories and life histories and reconceptualizing minorities’ political engagement beyond ethnicity, more forms of political engagement can be understood and appreciated. Finally, we argue that the conventional ethnic-centred understanding of minority political participation needs to be challenged.
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Xu, Ling, Jia Li, Weiyu Mao, and Iris Chi. "Exploration of Social Exclusion among Older Chinese Immigrants in the USA." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 20, no. 3 (January 31, 2023): 2539. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph20032539.
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Background: Older adults are vulnerable to social exclusion and its detrimental health outcomes. However, few existing studies focus on the social exclusion of older adults as immigrants and ethnic-minority individuals. To fill the gap, drawing on the conceptual framework of old-age vulnerability, this study explored the multi-dimensional experience of social exclusion for older Chinese immigrants in the U.S. and investigated how old age and immigration exacerbated older adults’ experiences of social exclusion. Method: The study included 24 in-depth face-to-face individual interviews in Los Angeles and employed thematic analysis on the qualitative data. Themes were identified until consensus was reached among the research-team members. Triangulation of multiple analysts was used to avoid analytic bias. Findings: Findings showed that older Chinese immigrants experienced social exclusion in the following dimensions: basic services; material and financial resources; social relations and activities; socio-cultural aspects; and neighborhood/territory/community. In addition to age-related factors, immigration-related factors, including changes in physical and socio-cultural environments and legal status, also contributed to older immigrants’ extra vulnerabilities to social exclusion. Conclusions: This study provides useful information and strategies for human and healthcare service providers to find ways to overcome social exclusion and enhance older Chinese immigrants’ social inclusion in the U.S.
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Maslova, E. A., and R. Loreto Cecioni. "Chinese Migrants in Italy: A Socio-economic Portrait." Outlines of global transformations: politics, economics, law 13, no. 1 (May 30, 2020): 48–62. http://dx.doi.org/10.23932/2542-0240-2020-13-1-3.
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Italy is one of the European countries hosting the largest number of Chinese immigrants. In the early 1980’s, the first Chinese new migrants came to Italy, where they would find an employment in the Italian textile industry. Since then, Chinese overseas have played an important role in the field of fashion, a sector of the Italian economy with a high demand in production and manual work. Petty trading and small-scale enterprises are also representations of the Chinese population’s activity in Italy. This article provides statistics concerning the Chinese migrants as an economically active person and the activities of the Chinese community in Italy as a whole.The authors analyze the phenomenon of Chinese labour migration to Italy from the point of view of the “push and pull factors” migration theory. This article illustrates the main factors leading Chinese citizens to leave their home country and shift to Italy, where China turns out to be the point of origin for one of the largest communities of extra-EU immigrants. It is shown that for the Chinese, Italy is a destination country, which is largely due to the already existing migrant network. As a case-study in the frame of this analysis, the authors take Prato (a municipal township located in Tuscany), renowned for hosting the largest Chinatown in Europe (so called “Chinese exclave”).
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Zhou (周韵), Yun. "Transnational but Isolated." Journal of Chinese Overseas 14, no. 2 (October 2, 2018): 268–89. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/17932548-12341382.
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AbstractLiterature on immigrants’ religious activities highlights the importance of transnational ties between the host and home communities. This paper challenges the dominant discourse by looking at a Chinese evangelical church in Chiba, one of the seven prefectures in the Greater Tokyo Area, Japan. This ethnic church is an isolated religious community that grows with limited transnational connections and support. By exploring the structure and membership of this ethnic church, I argue that adopting a transnational approach may downplay the role of religious immigrants in the construction of ethnic religious community. I propose that the growth of this ethnic church with very limited connections with the host country and the homeland can be better understood using the concepts of cultural identity and diaspora. The data in this study originates from my ethnographic fieldwork in Japan, conducted from August 2010 to February 2011.
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Lai, Daniel, W. L., Jia Li, Liza Chan, Celia Li, and Alison X. Ou. "THE EFFECTIVENESS OF A PEER-BASED INTERVENTION ON SOCIALLY ISOLATED OLDER CHINESE IMMIGRANTS IN CANADA." Innovation in Aging 3, Supplement_1 (November 2019): S369. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igz038.1347.
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Abstract Objectives: This study aimed to examine the effectiveness of a peer-based intervention in reducing older Chinese immigrants’ loneliness and social isolation to improve their psychosocial well-being. Method: A randomized controlled trial design was adopted. A sample of 60 community-dwelling older Chinese immigrants aged 65 and above were randomly assigned to the intervention group (n=30) and the control group (n=30). Intervention group participants received an eight-week peer support intervention. 25 volunteers aged 48 to 76 were recruited and trained to provide one-to-one peer support services through home visits and telephone. The services included multiple activities such as providing emotional support, assisting in problem-solving, and community resources sharing. Different types of activities were consecutively executed throughout the eight weeks in accordance with the service protocol. Standardized assessments including loneliness, social support, social participation, and other psychosocial outcomes such as life satisfaction, happiness, depression, and resilience at baseline and after intervention were measured. Results: After the intervention, as compared to control group participants, intervention group participants reported a significant decrease in loneliness, fewer barriers in social participation, and a significant increase in resilience. They also reported fewer depressive symptoms, increased life satisfaction, and happiness, but no such improvements were observed in the control group. Discussion: The study findings illustrate the need to further examine the use of peer-based interventions for both program effectiveness and delivery efficiency. In the era of population aging, baby boomers can be trained to take up more volunteer roles to serve older adults in distress via peer-based intervention approaches.
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Pomohaibo, Valentyn Mychailovych. "Philosophy of life in successful community." Filosofiya osvity. Philosophy of Education 24, no. 1 (December 4, 2019): 128–41. http://dx.doi.org/10.31874/2309-1606-2019-24-1-128-141.
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Historical experience and scientific researches witness that both an individual’s life success and a country’s prosperity and the living standard of population depend not on the quality of education itself, but on its effectiveness. The effectiveness of education, in turn, is determined by a social productivity of science, which can be presented elementarily by such a simple indicator as a number of Nobel laureates. The USA holds the leading place among countries in this area. Thus, the United States is the country that can maximally ensure human development, and most importantly – a realization of human natural gifts and an acquisition of appropriate material welfare. This is evidenced not only by the high level of science development, but also by the phenomenon of a success of a number of immigrant communities compared with the US European population. The most successful ethnic groups in the United States are Jews, Indians, Chinese, Nigerians, Cubans, Iranians and Lebanese. Particularly impressive is the success of the Nigerians and Cubans against a background of comparatively small achievements of the African and Latin Americans. It has been found that all most successful ethnic groups in the USA have three mental traits: a superiority complex, an insecurity, and impulse control. The superiority complex lies in deep inner confidence in an uniqueness of your community compared to others. This confidence can be based on religion, majestic history and culture, origin, and so on. Insecurity means anxiety uncertainty in its significance in society, concern about a lack of results of its activities. Key sources of insecurity are scorn by other communities, fear and parents’ pressure. A scorn by the people of a strange country and its own indignation in this regard may be the most powerful incentive for growth. The second source of the insecurity is fear of being unable to survive in a strange country, which can lead to despair, paralysis of will, capitulation, even shame. But it can also cause a completely different reaction – an urge to rise, earn money, reach power, either to become successful here, or to have same means to escape. The third and most common source of the sense of threat in successful immigrant communities is the pressure from parents to children to be succeed. Parents bring up children's to conviction that success, foremost in learning, is a responsibility of family honor, as well as protection from an uncertain and hostile world. Impulse control means an ability to withstand various temptations, especially the temptation to relinquish difficulty and challenge a difficult task rather than to perform it. No human society can exist without control of impulses. However, it must be remembered that individual control of impulses is just a futile austerity. Success is only possible as a result of combining all three principles – a conviction of superiority, a sense of threat, and an impulse control. Philosophy of a successful life is an extremely effective means of achieving a high social status, if it is important for you. However, it should be used only to succeed. After this it is necessary to get rid of success philosophy, because in the future it can cause a pathological drive to extremes. The experience of bringing up children in the successful communities of America will undoubtedly be useful in the current reforming of Ukrainian education.
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Larsson, Ernils. "“Cutting Up a Chicken with a Cow-Cleaver”—Confucianism as a Religion in Japan’s Courts of Law." Religions 13, no. 3 (March 12, 2022): 247. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/rel13030247.
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This paper explores the Naha Confucius Temple case, resolved by the Supreme Court in February 2021, in light of postwar decisions on Articles 20 and 89 of the Japanese constitution. Religion is a contested category in Japanese legislation, appearing both in the constitution and in laws regulating the freedoms and restrictions of legally registered religious organizations. While the organization behind the Confucius Temple in Naha was registered as a general corporate juridical person, the majority opinion sided with the plaintiffs’ argument that the free lease granted to the temple by the municipality of Naha constituted a violence of the ban on public sponsorship of religious institutions and activities. In order to reach their decision, the Supreme Court and the lower courts not only had to decide on whether Confucianism was a religion or not, but also on whether the organization behind the temple—a group dedicated to the history and memory of the Chinese immigrant community in Naha—should in fact be considered a religious organization. The outcome of the case is a good example of religion-making in courts of law, with a central institution of power employing notions of sui generis religion to regulate and define civil actors.
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Sharma, Nirmola. "Collaborators! Aftermath of Wartime Support for the INA among Indians in China." China Report 54, no. 3 (July 2, 2018): 325–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0009445518779268.
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This article discusses the plight of the Indian community in China after the World War II. During the World War II, a sizeable number of Indian immigrants in China had been mobilised under the banner of the Indian National Army (INA), which was fighting for freedom from British colonial rule in alliance with Japan. This article seeks to understand the complex problems faced by the Indians in China in the aftermath of the War both because of the general dislocation they had suffered on account of war and occupation, and also because of their active or passive participation in a movement seen as ‘collaborationist’. It looks at how, for the British, Chinese and even Indian authorities, the issue of their status as ‘collaborators’ coloured the humanitarian issue of providing relief to a severely afflicted community. It also attempts to show how the wartime political activities of Indians in China not only had immediate consequences for them but also in some cases had an afterlife, which lasted for quite a few years after the War.
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Nguyen, Tho Ngoc. "BUDDHIST FACTORS IN THE CULT OF THIEN HAU IN SOUTHERN VIETNAM." Scientific Journal of Tra Vinh University 1, no. 29 (March 1, 2018): 38–52. http://dx.doi.org/10.35382/18594816.1.29.2018.31.
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Thien Hau (天后, Tian Hou) is a folk belief of the ethnic Chinese in Vietnam, which was propagated to Southern Vietnam by Chinese immigrants from Southeast China in the late 17th century, constantly strengthened and developed together with the process of development and integration of the ethnic Chinese community. During the process of cultural exchange, the ethnic Chinese have found in Thien Hau symbolic meanings of ethnic culture, and also an integrated icon of connecting and reconciling cultures with local Vietnamese and Khmer communities (to compare with the Vietnamized Guan Di symbol). ThienHau was sanctioned the title Heavenly Empress by the late imperial emperors of China, thereby attaching to this symbol the Confucian normative values through which the state could manage to control and standardize the liturgical communities in the Confucian way. However, in Southern Vietnam, when the symbol of Thien Hau has early entered the process of de-Confucianization and de-centralization, it has deeply absorbed Buddhist philosophy to transform and develop among the liturgical communities. This paper applied two specific cultural theories in the study of ritual practice and cultural transformation. One was of James Watson’s (1985) standardizing the gods and rituals in late imperial Chinese culture, and the other was the concept on the relationship between in-depth faith and ritualpractice by Melissa Brown (2007). This research was conducted through the fieldwork activities (Southern Vietnam is where over 80% of Thien Hau temples are located within the whole country), comparison and analysis methodologies for the description, and interpretation of the Buddhist influence(s) in the cult of Thien Hau in Southern Vietnam, thereby understanding the principle(s) of operation and development of cultural exchange in the region
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Lim (林 泉 忠), John Chuan-Tiong. "The Alternative Chinatown: Lewchew (Ryukyu) Kume Village and “36 Min Families” (另類唐人街 -「閩人三十六姓」與琉球久米村)." Translocal Chinese: East Asian Perspectives 10, no. 2 (October 20, 2016): 316–39. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/24522015-01002007.
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Kumemura Village, or Kuninda, has been known as the community of Chinese immigrants with a more than five-hundred year background of scholar-bureaucrat aristocracy in Lewchew, or Ryukyu. They supposedly originated from a group of 36 families from the Southern Chinese Min (閩) ethnic group since 1392. Although much research has been conducted on the subject matter throughout the years, there is almost no scholar who would tackle it on the concept of a “Chinatown.” There are basically two reasons to account for such tendency in academics. Firstly, unlike most Chinese immigrant groups in other parts of the world, the 36 Min Families who had moved to Lewchew did not leave the country of their own accord, for neither private nor economic reasons, but in fact, were ordered by Emperor Hongwu to emigrate for political reasons. Furthermore, Kuninda-chu, the descendants of 36 Min Families, have almost, in the same way as other Okinawa people regard them over the years, never seen themselves as “overseas Chinese.”However, this paper argues that there are still plenty of similarities between Kuninda-chu and other overseas Chinese in the world. The two main points for this paper are: firstly, Kuninda-chu relied excessively on the Chinese World Order and tributary system for its maintenance, so its survival rested primarily on the existence of this political structure, and was eventually disintegrated upon the collapse of the system. Secondly, Chinese culture was largely brought by Kuninda-chu to Ryukyu during the Ming and Qing Dynasties, but it is still kept alive and observed in Okinawa society to this day and in stark contrast with the Yamaonchu, the Japanese in the mainland of Japan, it directly helped shaping and forming the Okinawa people’s self-identity as Uchinan-chu.Truly, Kuninda no longer exists in the Okinawa society today, but Kuninda-chu’s descendants have been upholding their unique ethic image through various traditional activities organized by different groups, Kume-Sosekai notwithstanding. Moreover, Kuninda-chu is also one of the earliest overseas Chinese groups who had assimilated successfully into the local Okinawa community. It is clear that Kuninda is one of the most paramount alternative cases for the studies of overseas Chinese.過去有關琉球「久米村」的歷史研究，鮮有學者以「唐人街」的概念來探討它的歷史與社會形態。其原因係「久米村人」或稱「閩人三十六姓」擁有有別於一般認知的華僑特徵。其一、儘管「久米村人」來自於中國著名僑鄉福建，然而這些移民最初並非個人的意志，亦非家庭因素而來到琉球，因爲他們是「官派」移民。其二、早期第一代閩僑「出外」的目的，乃以經濟為主要誘因，然「閩人三十六姓」則是受明太祖洪武帝派遣，前來琉球以輔助王國之營運及維繫與中國的關係，其政治目的十分清晰。其三、「閩人三十六姓」的子孫之間幾乎不存在「華僑」意識，更多的視自己為琉球人的一部分，而其他琉球人亦如此視之。然而本文認爲「久米村人」與一般認知上的華僑、華人還是有許多共通之處。本文聚焦兩個主要面向，來探討「久米村」及「久米村人」在僑居地琉球的變遷與影響。兩大論點包括一、儘管「久米村」對琉球王國的發展功不可沒，然而過於仰賴「中華世界體系」的存在，故因該體制的興起而生，亦因該體制的衰亡而瓦解；二、「久米村人」是將中國文化大量帶進琉球的重要推手，中國文化至今仍在沖繩社會傳承，並在沖繩人形塑自我認同上發揮不可或缺的重要影響。儘管「久米村」已不復存在，然而擁有500年歷史的「久米村」留下了龐大有跡可尋的歷史紀錄，而「久米村人」的後裔至今仍透過許多聯誼組織，低調地繼續維繫著在琉球社會中獨特族群的形象，而「久米村人」也是歷史上華僑最早「落地生根」的族群之一，提供了華僑、華人研究不可多得的重要個案。 (This article is in Chinese.)
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_, _. "Ethnic Identity and Immigrant Organizations." Journal of Chinese Overseas 14, no. 1 (April 23, 2018): 22–53. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/17932548-12341366.
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Abstract The identities of Chinese immigrants and their organizations are themes widely studied in existing literature but the link between them remains under-researched. This paper seeks to explore the role of Chinese ethnicity in Chinese immigrants’ self-organizing processes by empirically studying Chinese community organizations in South Australia. It finds that Chinese immigrants have deployed ethnic identities together with other social identities to call different organizations into being, which exerts an important influence on the emergence and performance of the five major types of Chinese community organizations active in South Australia. Moreover, the ways in which Chineseness is deployed have been heavily influenced by three factors within and beyond the community. These factors are the transformation of the local ethnic-Chinese community, changing socio-political contexts in Australia, and the rise of China. In short, the deployment of ethnic identities in Chinese immigrants’ organizing processes is instrumental, contextual, and strategic.
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Thai, Hung Cam. "Immigrant Community Services in Chinese and Vietnamese Enclaves." Contemporary Sociology: A Journal of Reviews 37, no. 2 (March 2008): 150–51. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/009430610803700230.
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Wong-Kim, Evaon, Angela Sun, and Michael C. Demattos. "Assessing Cancer Beliefs in a Chinese Immigrant Community." Cancer Control 10, no. 5_suppl (September 2003): 22–28. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/107327480301005s04.
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Zhou, Min, and Rennie Lee. "Transnationalism and Community Building." ANNALS of the American Academy of Political and Social Science 647, no. 1 (April 5, 2013): 22–49. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0002716212472456.
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An emergent literature on transnationalism has been burgeoning since the 1990s to examine new patterns of immigrant settlement. Research to date has emphasized the effects of transnationalism on the development in sending countries rather than receiving countries, focused on immigrant groups from Latin America rather than Asia, and examined individuals rather than immigrant organizations as units of analysis. As a consequence, we do not have reliable knowledge about the impacts of transnationalism on immigrant communities in the host society and the extent and sources of intergroup variations. To fill this gap and to supplement knowledge gained from Latin American experiences, this article offers a conceptual framework for analyzing the relationship between transnationalism and community building by examining Chinese ethnic organizations in the United States. We show that immigrants often engage their ancestral homelands via organizations and that organizational transnationalism contributes to strengthening the infrastructure and symbolic systems of the ethnic community and enhancing the community’s capacity to generate resources conducive to immigrant incorporation.
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Lu, Yaxin, Loren Marks, and Loredana Apavaloiae. "Chinese Immigrant Families and Christian Faith Community: A Qualitative Study." Family and Consumer Sciences Research Journal 41, no. 2 (December 2012): 118–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/fcsr.12002.
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Hall-Lew, Lauren, and Rebecca L. Starr. "Beyond the 2nd generation: English use among Chinese Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area." English Today 26, no. 3 (August 24, 2010): 12–19. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0266078410000155.
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The concept of immigrant generation is complex. Americans use the ordinal designations first-, second-, third-, even ‘1.5’-generation to refer to individuals' varying relationship to their family's moment of immigration. But these terms are much more fluid in practice than the rigidity of the numbers implies, and the nature of that fluidity is changing over time. Furthermore, different waves of immigration mean different experiences of generation identity; a first-generation immigrant in the 1880s entered an American community that was drastically different than the one a first-generation immigrant enters today.One example of these shifts in the meaning of immigrant generation is among Asian Americans across the country, particularly those in California. In this paper, we discuss the relationship between language and immigrant generation with respect to Chinese Americans in the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California, the region of the United States with the longest history of Chinese immigration and settlement. We focus in particular on the pronunciation of English, drawing on data collected in the Bay Area from 2008–2009 to argue that Chinese cultural and linguistic practices are gaining currency in the wider community. Our discussion looks at the experiences of third and higher immigrant generations, especially as they interact with more recent waves of immigrants, and the resulting dominance of Chinese and other Asian identities across the Bay Area. The layered and rapidly shifting Chinese American experience suggests potential future directions for the study of other immigrant communities in the United States.
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Batterson, Ella, Marilyn Tseng, Emily C. Walton, Brian Egleston, Julia Zhong, Minzi Li, and Carolyn Fang. "Abstract A013: Patterns of heterolocalism among Chinese immigrants in Philadelphia." Cancer Epidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention 32, no. 1_Supplement (January 1, 2023): A013. http://dx.doi.org/10.1158/1538-7755.disp22-a013.
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Abstract Residence in an immigrant enclave has been linked to lower risk for some cancers but higher risk of late-stage diagnosis. In part, these patterns may be explained by the cultural, institutional, and social resources in immigrant enclaves that protect against ill health. Modern communication and transportation can facilitate “exposure” to immigrant enclaves as resource hubs, while individuals may reside in more racially integrated neighborhoods. This process of heterolocalism is underexplored in its relationship to cancer risk. The current study compares residents and non-residents of Chinese immigrant enclaves in Philadelphia with respect to distances traveled for various activities. Participants were 520 Chinese immigrant men and women aged 35-65 y. Interviews conducted 9/18-01/20 included questions on residence and usual locations of five types of activities: employment, grocery shopping, religious services, healthcare, and leisure. Participants were categorized as residing in a traditional (n=167), emerging (n=202), or non-enclave (n=151) neighborhood depending on the co-ethnic density of their census tract and adjacent tracts. We used ArcGIS to geocode participants’ residences and activity locations and conducted spatial analyses to examine distances traveled to these activities. Results indicated that residents of traditional enclaves stayed within or near their residential neighborhoods for grocery shopping, religious services, and leisure activities (median distances all <1 mi), although they traveled further for employment (median 2.5 mi) and healthcare (median 1.9 mi). Based on non-parametric Kruskal-Wallis tests, traditional enclave residents traveled the shortest median distances to all activities (all p<0.001). In contrast, non-enclave residents traveled the furthest for groceries (median 2.9 mi), religious services (median 8.2 mi), and leisure (median 3.2 mi) (all p<0.001). Mapped travel patterns indicate that many non-enclave residents travelled to enclave areas for these activities. Our findings suggest that heterolocalism is a means by which immigrants maintain co-ethnic connections. They also suggest the importance of understanding enclave ‘exposure’ beyond place of residence to clarify the relationships between immigrant enclaves and cancer outcomes. Citation Format: Ella Batterson, Marilyn Tseng, Emily C. Walton, Brian Egleston, Julia Zhong, Minzi Li, Carolyn Fang. Patterns of heterolocalism among Chinese immigrants in Philadelphia [abstract]. In: Proceedings of the 15th AACR Conference on the Science of Cancer Health Disparities in Racial/Ethnic Minorities and the Medically Underserved; 2022 Sep 16-19; Philadelphia, PA. Philadelphia (PA): AACR; Cancer Epidemiol Biomarkers Prev 2022;31(1 Suppl):Abstract nr A013.
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Li, Shikun. "Home Language-Learning Strategies Chosen by Chinese Immigrant Families." International Journal of English Linguistics 10, no. 5 (July 14, 2020): 155. http://dx.doi.org/10.5539/ijel.v10n5p155.
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The home context is ranked as one of most essential factors in heritage-language maintenance. Compared to many other ethnic minority groups, the Chinese community is always underrepresented in bilingual-education research. This case study explores language learning in the home context in two Chinese immigrant families. Both sets of parents share a similar cultural background and socioeconomic status in the U.S. However, one family relies heavily on technology to promote their child’s literacy development at home, while the other family prefers to increase cultural-immersion opportunities for their child. In addition to presenting different home-learning strategies used by Chinese parents, the present study explores factors that affect strategy selection. The results suggested that three factors impact Chinese parents’ selection of language-learning strategies: 1) the influence of individual ethnic communities; 2) parents’ perceptions of their heritage languages; and 3) social validation from people outside the home community. This paper will discuss the distinctive home context and its implications for heritage-language maintenance.
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Chen, Lei, Hin Wing Tse, Deborah Wu, and Maria-Elena De Trinidad Young. "Cross-Cultural Researchers’ Positionality in Immigrant Health Research: Reflections on Conducting Research on Chinese Immigrants’ Experiences in the United States." International Journal of Qualitative Methods 20 (January 2021): 160940692110521. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/16094069211052190.
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While a growing body of research has examined immigrants’ health generally, less is known specifically about the impact of immigration policy on the health of Chinese immigrants, the second-largest foreign-born population in the United States. This is due, in part, to the lack of methodologically well-trained, cross-cultural researchers who have both the cultural and linguistic expertise and health knowledge to engage with Chinese immigrant populations. This paper addresses this gap by examining Chinese cross-cultural researchers’ roles in the qualitative phase of the Research on ImmiGrant HealTh and State policy (RIGHTS) project, which sought to assess how immigration policies shaped Chinese and other immigrants’ experiences in healthcare and other related sectors in California. We used reflexivity to assess Chinese cross-cultural researchers’ positionality of insiderness and outsiderness and its influence on the process of data collection (i.e., recruitment, conducting interviews, transcription, and translation). Our reflexivity guides the assessment of the opportunities (e.g., expanding the recruitment pool, engaging participants more effectively in interviews, ensuring data integrity, and discussing heterogeneity within the Chinese immigrant community) and challenges (e.g., the difficulty of recruiting low-income and undocumented immigrants, addressing participants’ in-depth thoughts, the time-consuming nature of transcription and translation, and the assessment of power dynamics) in conducting immigrant health research with the Chinese community. These results highlight the need for cross-cultural researchers to help build trusting relationships with ethnic-minority communities, thus gaining new insights and advancing knowledge within the field of ethnic minority health research. These insights can guide future investigations of Chinese and other immigrant communities as research on immigration policy and health expands.
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Xinyin Chen and Hennis Chi-Hang Tse. "Social and psychological adjustment of Chinese Canadian children." International Journal of Behavioral Development 34, no. 4 (April 1, 2010): 330–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0165025409337546.
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This study examined social and psychological adjustment of immigrant and Canadian-born Chinese children in Canada. Participants included a sample of elementary school children (N = 356, M age = 11 years). Data on social functioning, peer relationships, school-related social competence, perceived self-worth, and loneliness were collected from peer assessments, teacher ratings, and self-reports. The results indicated that immigrant and Canadian-born Chinese children had different experiences of social and psychological adjustment in the school. Among aspects of acculturation, English proficiency and participation in Chinese cultural activities were positively associated with social competence and negatively associated with adjustment problems, particularly in immigrant Chinese children. These results indicate the involvement of contextual factors in children’s social functioning and psychological well-being.
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Lin, Mingang, and Min Zhou. "Community Transformation and the Formation of Ethnic Capital: Immigrant Chinese Communities in the United States." Journal of Chinese Overseas 1, no. 2 (2005): 260–84. http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/179325405788639102.
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AbstractIn this article, we attempt to develop a conceptual framework of “ethnic capital” in order to examine the dynamics of immigrant communities. Building on the theories of social capital and the enclave economy, we argue that ethnic capital is not a thing but involves interactive processes of ethnic-specific financial capital, human capital, and social capital. We use case studies of century-old Chinatowns and emerging middle-class immigrant Chinese communities in New York and Los Angeles to illustrate how ethnic capital affects community building and transformation, which in turn influence the social mobility of immigrants. We also discuss how developments in contemporary ethnic enclaves challenge the conventional notion of assimilation and contribute to our understanding of immigrant social mobility.
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Fittante, Daniel. "The Armenians of Glendale: An Ethnoburb in Los Angeles's San Fernando Valley." City & Community 17, no. 4 (December 2018): 1231–47. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/cico.12340.
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Glendale may house the most visible Armenian diaspora in the world; however, it remains among the most invisible in print. The following begins to shed light on this community by providing a brief background and demographic profile of Armenians in Glendale. The article then attempts to expand discussions of Chinese “ethnoburbs” by situating Glendale Armenians in these discussions. Despite scholars’ expansion of the concept, the ethnoburb has had limited application—largely, to Chinese and a few other Asian immigrant communities. However, is the concept of the ethnoburb generalizable in contexts outside of Chinese immigrant settlements? In this article, I contend that the ethnoburb model is generalizable by situating Glendale's Armenian community within this framework.
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Li, Lingliang. "Chinese Activities and Chinese Culture Within Community Arts in Melbourne." International Journal of Literature and Arts 5, no. 4 (2017): 40. http://dx.doi.org/10.11648/j.ijla.20170504.14.
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Lee, Youngmin, and Yinhe Li. "Immigrant Community and Ethnic Relations of Korean Chinese in Los Angeles, USA." Journal of the Korean Urban Geographical Society 19, no. 2 (August 31, 2016): 75–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.21189/jkugs.19.2.6.
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Okazaki, Sumie, Stephanie N. Wong, and Benjamin L. Kaplan. "Strategic collaborative partnerships to improve immigrant Chinese community health: A case study." Asian American Journal of Psychology 8, no. 4 (December 2017): 339–50. http://dx.doi.org/10.1037/aap0000090.
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de Sánchez, Sieglinde Lim. "Crafting a Delta Chinese Community: Education and Acculturation in Twentieth-Century Southern Baptist Mission Schools." History of Education Quarterly 43, no. 1 (2003): 74–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1748-5959.2003.tb00115.x.
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During Reconstruction between one-fourth and one-third of the southern African-American work force emigrated to northern and southern urban areas. This phenomenon confirmed the fears of Delta cotton planters about the transition from slave to wage labor. Following a labor convention in Memphis, Tennessee, during the summer of 1869, one proposed alternative to the emerging employment crisis was to introduce Chinese immigrant labor, following the example of countries in the Caribbean and Latin America during the mid nineteenth century. Cotton plantation owners initially hoped that Chinese “coolie” workers would help replace the loss of African-American slave labor and that competition between the two groups would compel former slaves to resume their submissive status on plantations. This experiment proved an unmitigated failure. African Americans sought independence from white supervision and authority. And, Chinese immigrant workers proved to be more expensive and less dependable than African-American slave labor. More importantly, due to low wages and severe exploitation by planters, Chinese immigrants quickly lost interest in agricultural work.
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Marger, Martin N., and Constance A. Hoffman. "Ethnic Enterprise in Ontario: Immigrant Participation in the Small Business Sector." International Migration Review 26, no. 3 (September 1992): 968–81. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/019791839202600310.
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Participation in the small business sector by immigrants in Ontario is examined, using a theoretical model that views immigrant enterprise as a product of class and ethnic resources in combination with a favorable opportunity structure. Hong Kong Chinese predominate among recent immigrant entrepreneurs and are concentrated in the Toronto metropolitan area. These patterns are attributed to strong push factors in the sending society and the existence of an institutionally complete Chinese community in the receiving society, supporting a well-developed ethnic subeconomy that has taken on many of the features of an ethnic enclave.
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Wang, Ying, Mandong Liu, and Iris Chi. "Co-Designing and Evaluating a Self-Care Curriculum of an App for Chinese Immigrant Caregivers." Innovation in Aging 4, Supplement_1 (December 1, 2020): 507–8. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/geroni/igaa057.1639.
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Abstract Chinese immigrant caregivers face unique self-care difficulties in the United States due to language barriers, cultural isolation, and occupational stress. This study aimed to conduct a formative evaluation on a caregiver self-care curriculum of an app designed for Chinese immigrants in the United States. Using a co-design approach in 2019, 22 Chinese immigrant caregivers in Los Angeles county were recruited through purposive sampling method. The directed content analysis was adopted to analyze the qualitative data using NVivo 12.1.0 software. We organized the findings under two main contents: self-care and caregiving. Three categories were identified under the self-care content: physical health, emotional and mental health, and support resources. Sixteen subcategories under physical health (e.g., dietary supplements), five subcategories under emotional and mental health (e.g., depression) and eight subcategories under support resources (e.g., support and networking group, senior center) are suggested. Two categories were identified under the caregiving content: caregiving knowledge and skills, and community resources. Fourteen subcategories under caregiving knowledge and skills (e.g., care assessment) and six subcategories under community resources (e.g., medical emergency call) were mentioned. With this useful information, we could further refine the self-care curriculum to be more linguistically, culturally and occupationally sensitive for Chinese immigrant caregivers. Empowerment approach for enhancing the ability to caregiving and self-care should be emphasized in content design for immigrant caregivers. The co-design approach is crucial for planning of the program and intervention curriculum to improve understanding of the users’ needs and better cater them.
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Zhu, Lanzhen. "ANALYZING FACTORS THAT IMPACT ACCULTURATION PROCESSES OF IMMIGRANT RESIDENTS." International Journal of Education and Social Science Research 05, no. 05 (2022): 492–501. http://dx.doi.org/10.37500/ijessr.2022.5527.
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Existing literature suggests that immigrant residents’ acculturation process is affects by both internal and external factors that are in conflict with those of the host culture. The purpose of this study is to explore the factors that affect the acculturation of immigrant population living in transnational communities in China. Data collection included more than 80H of community participatory observation and 50 interviews in total. Respondents were 50 immigrant residents living in transnational communities in Yiwu, China. The analysis finds that the individual factors including gender, culture identity, and timing of their immigration, Chinese language proficiency, personal goals and expectations have a significant impact on the acculturation of immigrant residents. Meanwhile, social factors such as community support, social support, values of residents also have a significant impact on the acculturation of immigrants. The findings represent an in-depth consideration of the acculturation process of the immigrant residents and can therefore be seen as an important step in developing an understanding of the influencing factors that characterize the acculturation of immigrant population in China.
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Lowe, Lydia. "Chinese Immigrant Workers and Community-based Labor Organizing in Boston: Paving the Way." Amerasia Journal 18, no. 1 (January 1992): 39–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.17953/amer.18.1.r3k2g42226r755l2.
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Wong, Carolyn, Hsin-Ching Wu, Ekaterina G. Cleary, Allison P. Patton, Alan Xie, Georges Grinstein, Susan Koch-Weser, and Doug Brugge. "Visualizing Air Pollution: Communication of Environmental Health Information in a Chinese Immigrant Community." Journal of Health Communication 24, no. 4 (April 3, 2019): 339–58. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/10810730.2019.1597949.
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Wang, Wei. "Revitalization of Local Community and Ethnicity: Nagasaki's Lantern Festival Among the Immigrant Chinese." International Journal of Japanese Sociology 12, no. 1 (November 2003): 17–32. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-6781.2003.00040.x.
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Diaz, Christina J. "Foreign Language Curricula and the Influence of Immigrant-Origin Groups." Socius: Sociological Research for a Dynamic World 7 (January 2021): 237802312110652. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/23780231211065270.
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Despite theoretical claims that assimilation is a multidirectional process, most studies assess the behaviors of immigrants and their children. The author departs from this tradition to ask whether immigrant-origin populations influence the availability of Advanced Placement Spanish and Chinese/Japanese language courses. Building on past work, the author treats foreign language programs as a marker of institutional change and a greater acceptance of immigrant culture. County-level data are pooled from the American Community Survey, the Common Core of Data, the Voting and Elections Collection (CQ Press), and the College Board between 2000 and 2017. The results indicate that Hispanic and Chinese/Japanese populations exert an influence on school curricula, but this relation varies depending on historical patterns of immigrant settlement. The author also finds that Spanish and Asian foreign language programs are most likely to be demanded in locations with highly educated populations. This article provides evidence that mainstream institutions can move toward immigrant and minority culture.
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Chang, Charlotte, Alicia L. Salvatore, Pam Tau Lee, Shaw San Liu, Alex T. Tom, Alvaro Morales, Robin Baker, and Meredith Minkler. "Adapting to Context in Community-Based Participatory Research: “Participatory Starting Points” in a Chinese Immigrant Worker Community." American Journal of Community Psychology 51, no. 3-4 (January 31, 2013): 480–91. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10464-012-9565-z.
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Hernandez, Edwin, Carola Suárez-Orozco, Janet Cerda, Olivia Osei-Twumasi, Monique Corral, Yuliana Garcia, Dalal Katsiaficas, and Nidia Ruedas-Gracia. "Immigrant-Origin Students in Community College: How Do They Use Their Time on Campus?" Teachers College Record: The Voice of Scholarship in Education 121, no. 7 (July 2019): 1–48. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/016146811912100702.
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Background Immigrant-origin students are the fastest growing new population in community colleges, making up nearly a third of the community college population. To date, little is known about how immigrant-origin students make use of their time on community college campuses. Purpose This study sought to understand in what ways and to what extent immigrant-origin students—defined as first-generation (foreign-born) or second-generation (born in the United States to immigrant parents)—used their out-of-class campus time at three urban community colleges. We examined the following quantitative questions: How much time do students report spending on campus doing what activities? What is the demographic variation in these patterns (according to immigrant generation, ethnicity/race, and gender)? What factors predict how much overall time immigrant-origin students spend on campus? What is the effect of academically productive time spent on campus on grade point average for immigrant-origin students? We also explored the following qualitative questions: What do immigrant-origin community college students say about the time they spend on campus? What insights do they have as to what impedes or facilitates their spending (or not spending) time on campus? Research Design The study proposed a new conceptual framework and employed an embedded sequential explanatory mixed-methods design approach. As part of a survey, participants (N = 644, 54.6% women; M age = 20.2 years; first-generation immigrant n = 213, 33%; second-generation immigrant n = 275, 43%) completed a series of items about the time that they spent on campus and their relationships with their instructors and peers. Qualitative response data were derived from an embedded interview subsample of participants (n = 58). Results Immigrant-origin students reported spending a considerable amount of out-of-class time—an average of 9.2 hours—on campus. Hierarchical regression analyses demonstrated that peer relationships and time spent helping parents or commuting positively predicted the amount of time students spent on campus. Qualitative responses provided further insights into immigrant-origin community college student experiences and provided perspectives on issues contributing to their spending out-of-class time on campus. Conclusions This study has implications for research, practice, and policy, given that immigrant-origin students make considerable use of their campus spaces. Community colleges should strive to nurture positive spaces and design the kind of on-campus programming that will enhance the success of immigrant-origin students. Collectively, these services will not only enhance the experience of immigrant-origin students but also be beneficial to the larger campus community that uses the community college sector as a stepping-stone toward upward social and economic mobility.
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Li, Lydia W., Sara J. McLaughlin, and Jiaan Zhang. "Healthy Aging in Older Chinese Americans: Associations With Immigrant Experiences." Journal of Aging and Health 32, no. 9 (November 26, 2019): 1098–108. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0898264319889122.
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Objectives: We examined the associations of aspects of the immigrant experience—acculturation, neighborhood belonging, and perceived discrimination—with healthy aging in older Chinese Americans and explored whether the associations vary by age and gender. Method: The sample included 3,056 older Chinese Americans. Healthy aging was defined as no disability, no cognitive impairment, and high physical functioning, coded dichotomously (1 = meets all criteria, 0 = otherwise). Acculturation, neighborhood belonging, and perceived discrimination were measured using standardized scales. Results: About 31% of the sample experienced healthy aging. Acculturation was positively associated with healthy aging, with stronger associations in older age and women. A greater sense of neighborhood belonging was associated with higher odds of healthy aging; experiences of discrimination were associated with lower odds. Discussion: Interventions to promote healthy aging in Chinese Americans are needed. Programs that support immigrants with low acculturation levels, strengthen immigrants’ connectedness to their neighbors, and promote inclusiveness may improve population health.
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Simon, Melissa A., Laura S. Tom, Ivy Leung, Esther Wong, Eileen E. Knightly, Daniel P. Vicencio, Ann Yau, Karen Ortigara, and XinQi Dong. "The Chinatown Patient Navigation Program: Adaptation and Implementation of Breast and Cervical Cancer Patient Navigation in Chicago’s Chinatown." Health Services Insights 12 (January 2019): 117863291984137. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1178632919841376.
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Background: As health care reform continues within the United States, navigators may play increasingly diverse and vital roles across the health care continuum. The growing interest in patient navigation programs for underserved populations calls for detailed descriptions of intervention components to facilitate implementation and dissemination efforts. Methods: In Chicago’s Chinatown, Chinese immigrant women face language, cultural, and access barriers in obtaining breast and cervical cancer screening and follow-up. These barriers spurred the research partnership between Northwestern University, the Chinese American Service League, Mercy Hospital & Medical Center, and Rush University Medical Center to formalize the Chinatown Patient Navigation Collaborative for adapting and implementing previously developed patient navigation models. Results: In this report, we describe the adaptation of patient navigation to build the Chinatown Patient Navigation Collaborative’s community-based patient navigation program for breast and cervical cancer. We offer insights into the roles of community patient navigators in safety net hospital and underserved Chinese immigrant communities, and describe implications for patient navigation initiatives to maximize community benefits by improving access to health care for vulnerable populations. Conclusions: Our adaptation and implementation of a patient navigation intervention in Chicago’s Chinatown illustrates promising approaches for future navigator research.
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Ding, Yumo. "Investigate Chinese Immigrant Parent’s Perceptions of Their Children’s Literacy and Numeracy Acquisition and Development in Australia." International Journal of Education and Humanities 5, no. 1 (October 11, 2022): 50–56. http://dx.doi.org/10.54097/ijeh.v5i1.1936.
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Literacy and numeracy are the fundamental elements that need to be developed in early childhood to enhance children's skills and future personal attainment. This research study focuses on investigating how Chinese immigrant parents think of conducting literacy and numeracy learning in early childhood as well as what they would like to do to promote their children's early literacy and numeracy acquisition and development. The findings present that Chinese traditional Confucianism values and learning beliefs are deep-rooted in Chinese immigrants parents' minds. Created favourable and supportive learning environments and various traditional activities are used to support their children's literacy and numeracy learning from an early age. Understanding Chinese immigrant families' learning beliefs and traditional cultural values could contribute to supporting children's personal development and future achievement within the Australian context for both Chinese and Australian educators.
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Baureiss, Gunter, and Leo Driedger. "Winnipeg Chinatown: Demographic, Ecological and Organizational Change, 1900-1980." Urban History Review 10, no. 3 (October 30, 2013): 11–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1019077ar.
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This article focuses on the Chinese of Winnipeg as a sub-community within the larger community. It traces the demographic, the spatial and the organizational changes which have taken place in the past eight decades. Substantial changes have occurred: from a segregated, traditional community centring around Chinatown to a modern community that has dispersed into other areas of the city. Canadian immigration legislation, which tended to exclude families, played a major role informing the early 'bachelor' community. The Chinese Immigration Act of 1923 virtually stopped Chinese immigration, and the repeal of this Act in 1947 and subsequent relaxation of immigration laws permitted the entry of a different type of Chinese immigrant. While the demographic and ecological changes are interesting, the distinctiveness of the Chinese experience produced two separated periods of organizational development. The early period was characterized by the formation of transplanted, though modified, traditional organizations; the later period was characterized by the emergence of functional specific organizations.
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Sun, Ming, and Sarah Braeye. "Comparing Supplementary Ethnic Schools and the Academic Achievement of Chinese Immigrant Students in Quebec and Flanders." Diversité urbaine 12, no. 1 (November 4, 2013): 105–24. http://dx.doi.org/10.7202/1019214ar.
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Supplementary or extra-curricular ethnic schools have been neglected in the research literature, especially in non-English speaking contexts such as Quebec and Flanders. Yet they are important for understanding the influence of ethnic social structures on the educational integration and academic achievement of immigrant students. From a comparative perspective, this paper focuses on the response of Chinese language schools to the educational needs of Chinese youth. Data were collected through ethnographic observations in Chinese schools in Quebec and Flanders,1 as well as in semi-structured interviews with students of Chinese origin, their parents, and school personnel. The findings demonstrate that the influence of ethnic social structures on the progression of minority/immigrant students through schooling is related to the particular profile of their ethnic community, as well as to the larger socio-economic and political environment of the host society.
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Hung, Yu-Ju. "Transnational and Local-Focus Ethnic Networks." Southern California Quarterly 98, no. 2 (2016): 194–229. http://dx.doi.org/10.1525/ucpsocal.2016.98.2.194.
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While nineteenth-century Chinese immigrants took comfort in social organizations based on networks carried over from China, this case history of recent Chinese immigrant communities in the San Gabriel Valley finds two kinds of social organizations operating complementarily. Transnational organizations, based on networks established in regions of origin, sustain community bonds among immigrants and their offspring. Local-focus organizations are a new type, formed among Chinese American suburbanites to empower them in local issues.
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Ratnayake, Ayesha, Shahab Sayfi, Luisa Veronis, Sara Torres, Sihyun Baek, and Kevin Pottie. "How Are Non-Medical Settlement Service Organizations Supporting Access to Healthcare and Mental Health Services for Immigrants: A Scoping Review." International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health 19, no. 6 (March 18, 2022): 3616. http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/ijerph19063616.
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Following resettlement in high-income countries, many immigrants and refugees experience barriers to accessing primary healthcare. Local non-medical settlement organizations, such as the Local Immigration Partnerships in Canada, that support immigrant integration, may also support access to mental health and healthcare services for immigrant populations. This scoping review aims to identify and map the types and characteristics of approaches and interventions that immigrant settlement organizations undertake to support access to primary healthcare for clients. We systematically searched MEDLINE, Social Services Abstracts, CINAHL, and PsycInfo databases from 1 May 2013 to 31 May 2021 and mapped research findings using the Social-Ecological Model. The search identified 3299 citations; 10 studies met all inclusion criteria. Results suggest these organizations support access to primary healthcare services, often at the individual, relationship and community level, by collaborating with health sector partners in the community, connecting clients to health services and service providers, advocating for immigrant health, providing educational programming, and initiating community development/mobilization and advocacy activities. Further research is needed to better understand the impact of local non-medical immigrant settlement organizations involved in health care planning and service delivery on reducing barriers to access in order for primary care services to reach marginalized, high-need immigrant populations.
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Chan, Angel. "Transnational parenting practices of Chinese immigrant families in New Zealand." Contemporary Issues in Early Childhood 19, no. 3 (February 1, 2017): 219–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1463949117691204.
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This article advocates for fluid pedagogies that align with the transnational parenting practices of immigrant families. New Zealand is now considered to be a superdiverse country with a large population of immigrants. This superdiversity phenomenon can therefore also be found in its early childhood education settings. Research has indicated that many contemporary immigrants are transnationals who maintain close connections with their home countries and frequently engage in border-crossing activities. Transnational immigrants are mobile, and their parenting strategies may be similarly fluid. This article uses findings from a research project which involved Chinese immigrant families to illustrate transnational perspectives of early childhood education and parenting practices. Narrative excerpts are presented and analysed using key theoretical constructs of transnationalism to illustrate the participants’ cultural dilemmas in their parenting, their preparedness to adapt their heritage practices and to adopt early childhood education discourses of the host country, and their agency in choosing parenting strategies that they believed best support their children’s learning. It highlights the importance of parent–teacher dialogue and of enacting a curriculum with fluid pedagogies that are responsive to heterogeneous parental aspirations.
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Wang, Leslie K., Sylvie H. M. Wong, Stephen H. Chen, Yoyo Yau, Giles Li, and Cindy H. Liu. "Establishing a Parenting Program for Transnationally Separated Chinese Immigrant Families: Community-Based Pilot Program." Psychiatric Services 71, no. 8 (August 1, 2020): 868–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.1176/appi.ps.201900624.
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Tseng, Winston. "Government Dependence of Chinese and Vietnamese Community Organizations and Fiscal Politics of Immigrant Services." Journal of Health & Social Policy 20, no. 4 (October 30, 2005): 51–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.1300/j045v20n04_03.
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