Global Taiwanese: Asian Skilled Labour Migrants in a Changing World
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Glossary of Terms and Acronyms -- 1 Why Taiwan? Taiwanese Identity and the Chinese Diaspora -- 2 The Network Society and Taiwanese Skilled Labour Migration -- 3 Signs and Meanings: Defining and Maintaining Taiwanese Identity -- 4 London: The City of Sojourners -- 5 Toronto: The City of Settlers -- 6 Taipei: The City of Origin -- 7 Cutting Bamboo: Migrants and Transnational Ethnic Networks -- 8 The Social Network: Migrants and Transnational Networking Organizations -- 9 Taiwan in the Net: Identities in Perspective -- Appendix 1: List of Interviewees -- Appendix 2: Indicative Questions from Semi-Structured Interviews -- Bibliography -- Index