A new breed of migrants fans out – Bertil Lintner

Asia Times reports on the “Third Wave” of external migration from China into Southeast Asia:

Northern Thailand is only one of their destinations. Large numbers of Chinese are also moving into northern Myanmar, northern Laos, Cambodia and further abroad – including the Pacific islands, Australia, the United States, the Russian Far East and Japan. More recently, South Korea has become a popular destination for Chinese migrants – both legal and illegal – as it’s easier to enter than tightly sealed Japan.

China’s new migrants are a breed apart from their peripatetic forebears, who spoke regional dialects and exhibited little nationalism, identifying more with the localities in China from which they hailed. The recent arrivals not only speak the national Mandarin language, but also tend to identify with China as a whole. [Full text]

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