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Author Li, Phoebe H., author.

Title A virtual Chinatown : the diasporic mediasphere of Chinese migrants in New Zealand / by Phoebe H. Li
Published Boston : Brill, 2013

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Description 1 online resource
Series Chinese overseas : history, literature, and society, 1876-3847 ; volume 7
Chinese overseas ; v. 7.
Contents Machine generated contents note: ch. One Introduction -- China's New Wave of International Migration -- New Zealand Local Contexts -- New People, New Approach -- Diasporic Chinese Media beyond New Zealand -- ch. Two Conceptualising New Zealand Chinese Media -- Central Concepts -- Towards an Analytical Framework -- ch. Three Revisiting the History of New Zealand Chinese and Early Chinese Newspapers -- Chinese Immigration: From Sojourners to Settlers -- Early Chinese Newspapers -- Rethinking Early Chinese Newspapers -- ch. Four New Chinese Immigrants and Contemporary New Zealand Chinese Media -- New Wave of Chinese Immigration -- Making a PRC Chinese Community -- PRC Chinese and Others' Settlement -- Evolution of New Chinese Media -- New Chinese Community in their Own Media -- ch. Five Ethnic Chinese Media during the 2005 New Zealand General Election -- Research Design and Background Information -- Phase 1 New Zealand Election in Chinese Media -- Phase 2 Relationship between Chinese Media and Migrants -- Phase 3 Perspective from Media Personnel -- Summary -- ch. Six Recent PRC Migrants in the Diasporic Mediasphere -- New Zealand Politics in Ethnic Chinese Media -- Recent PRC Migrants' Affinity with Conservative Parties -- Patriotic Sentiment Towards China -- ch. Seven Conclusions -- New Insight into the Chinese in New Zealand -- Expansion of China's S̀oft Power' -- Chinese Media as an Ìmagined Chinatown'
Summary A Virtual Chinatown explores the reciprocal relationship between ethnic media and transnational communities by exmaining the adaptation of Chinese immigrants to New Zealand
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes English
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Subject Chinese -- New Zealand
Chinese -- New Zealand -- Communication
Mass media -- China
Mass media and culture -- China
Immigrants -- New Zealand
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Discrimination & Race Relations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Minority Studies.
Chinese
Immigrants
Mass media
Mass media and culture
Race relations
SUBJECT New Zealand -- Race relations
Subject China
New Zealand
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9789004258624
9004258620
1299847609
9781299847606