Reluctant exiles? : migration from Hong Kong and the new overseas Chinese /
Ronald Skeldon, editor ; with a foreword by Wang Gungwu.
- xix, 359 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
- Hong Kong becoming China .
- Hong Kong becoming China. .
"An East Gate book.".
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Setting the scene. Reluctant exiles or bold pioneers : an introduction to migration from Hong Kong ; The historical and geographical context. Hong Kong in an international migration system / Recruitment and release : migration advisers and the creation of exile / Overseas Chinese adaptive organizations, past and present / Canada. Hong Kong migration to Canada : the background / Ronald Skeldon -- Edward T.L. Hardie -- Edgar Wickberg -- Graham E. Johnson and Diana Lary -- Business immigration to Canada : deception and exploitation / Hong Kong immigration and the Chinese community in Vancouver / Hong Kong immigrants in Toronto / Searching for a safe haven : the migration and settlement of Hong Kong Chinese immigrants in Toronto / Australasia. The migration and settlement of Hong Kong Chinese in Australia / Josephine Smart -- Graham E. Johnson -- Diana Lary and Bernard Luk -- Lawrence Lam -- Kee Pookong and Ronald Skeldon -- The Hong Kong Chinese in Sydney / The Hong Kong Chinese in Auckland / United States of America. Hong Kong immigrants in San Francisco / New York is not Hong Kong : the little Hong Kong that never was / Hong Kong Chinese in Hawaii : community building and coping strategies / A European and an Asian destination. Branches all over : the Hong Kong Chinese in the United Kingdom / Christine Inglis and Chung-tong Wu -- Elsie S. Ho and Ruth Farmer -- Bernard P. Wong -- Peter Kwong -- Richard Chabot, Oi Man Chan, and Alvin Y. So -- Hugh D.R. Baker -- The ethnicity paradox : Hong Kong immigrants in Singapore / Conclusion. Migration from Hong Kong : current trends and future agendas / Chan Kwok Bun -- Ronald Skeldon.