Investigating the differential mobility experiences of Chinese cross-border students

Chan, Anita; Ngan, Lucille Lok-Sun

doi:10.1080/17450101.2017.1300452

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“…Their decision‐making is discussed in terms of “choice” and personal agency. Despite the fascinating situation surrounding CBS, only a handful of academic studies have explored it in any depth (Chan & Ngan, ; Chee, ; Chiu & Choi, ; Li, ).…”

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“…His/her parent(s) and sibling(s) have PRC citizenship but no legal status in Hong Kong. These became known as “double‐not” families, wherein “neither parent has the right to reside or work in Hong Kong and their cross‐border mobility is very limited; their Hong Kong‐born children have no household registration (hukou) in mainland China and are therefore not entitled to social security, state subsidised schools, or medical services there.” (Chan & Ngan, , p. 147). A smaller number of children in our study had one parent with Hong Kong residency status—these are known in local parlance as “single‐not” families.…”

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“…Prior to this ruling in 2001, children born in Hong Kong to Mainland resident parents had no status there (in Hong Kong). However, “In 2001, the Court of Final Appeal ruled that all children born in Hong Kong were entitled to permanent Hong Kong residency, irrespective of their parents' residency status” (Chan & Ngan, , p. 147). According to Chan and Ngan (), this ruling “prompted tens of thousands of mainland women to give birth in Hong Kong in order to acquire residency for their offspring” (p. 148).…”

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“…However, “In 2001, the Court of Final Appeal ruled that all children born in Hong Kong were entitled to permanent Hong Kong residency, irrespective of their parents' residency status” (Chan & Ngan, , p. 147). According to Chan and Ngan (), this ruling “prompted tens of thousands of mainland women to give birth in Hong Kong in order to acquire residency for their offspring” (p. 148). Babies born in Hong Kong to Mainland parents rose at a staggering rate, from 620 in 2001 to more than 35,000 in 2011 (38% of total births in Hong Kong).…”

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Rhythms, flows, and structures of cross‐boundary schooling: state power and educational mobilities between Shenzhen and Hong Kong

Waters

Leung

2019

Population Space and Place

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This paper explores the phenomenon of cross-boundary schooling (CBS), where more than 30,000 children undertake a daily, checkpoint-crossing commute to school and back again, over the Hong Kong-Shenzhen border. It elaborates on the notion of "state assemblage" to consider how the power of the state (in this case, both the People's Republic of China and Hong Kong authorities) manifests in CBS and, in particular, how the state attempts to exert control over children's and parents' bodies. This view of CBS contrasts with a sense of "agency" that prevails around discussions of educational mobilities, and we explore this tension here. The paper focuses on two related aspects of CBS-materiality and the role of habit and rhythm in directing, guiding, and cajoling children to conform to an extremely rigid and regimented daily routine. We found that the material structures that make up the border are crucial in enabling CBS to "function" and that notions of rhythm and habit are very useful for understanding how the "flow" of educational mobilities is achieved. At the same time, we considered instances where flow was disrupted, rhythms were changed, and individuals somehow resisted the material constraints of the border.

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Rhythms, flows, and structures of cross‐boundary schooling: state power and educational mobilities between Shenzhen and Hong Kong

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2019

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“…Most of the children under consideration return to Mainland China after birth as their parents have no right of residency in Hong Kong. However, because of parents’ preference for the free, high quality Hong Kong education system, there are many who consider moving back to the territory or cross the border daily for their children’s schooling [ 9 ]. These additional school age children have already posed significant challenges to our existing school system, especially to those schools in the districts close to the Mainland China border.…”

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Modeling Internal Movement of Children Born in Hong Kong to Nonlocal Mothers

Yip

Soleymani

Wat

et al. 2020

IJERPH

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In Hong Kong, approximately 300,000 children were born to Mainland China couples in the period 1991–2012. According to Basic Law, the mini constitution of Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) government, these parents do not have residence rights, but their children do. As a result, most of these children have returned to Mainland China with their parents. An important consideration for policymakers is how many of these children (who are now adults in some cases) will return to Hong Kong for good, and when, as this will have a significant impact on social service provision, especially in the education sector, where it will be necessary to ensure there is capacity to meet the additional demand. Prior survey results conducted by the government suggested that more than 50% of these children would return to Hong Kong before age six. It is important to be able to provide a timely projection of the demand into the future. Here, we make use of the immigration records on the actual movement of these children and propose a Markov chain model to estimate their return rates in the future. Our results show that only about 25% of these children would return rather than 50% estimated by the survey. We also find that parents with better educational attainment levels are associated with lower return rates of their children. Timely and relevant social and public policies are needed to prepare for their return to minimize disruption to the local population and promote social harmony for the whole community.

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Education Transformation for Hong Kong Cross-Boundary Students During the Pandemic and Beyond: A Planned Behaviour Perspective

Song

et al. 2023

Educational Communications and Technology Yearbook

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Investigating the differential mobility experiences of Chinese cross-border students

Cited by 25 publications

References 40 publications

Rhythms, flows, and structures of cross‐boundary schooling: state power and educational mobilities between Shenzhen and Hong Kong

Rhythms, flows, and structures of cross‐boundary schooling: state power and educational mobilities between Shenzhen and Hong Kong

Modeling Internal Movement of Children Born in Hong Kong to Nonlocal Mothers

Education Transformation for Hong Kong Cross-Boundary Students During the Pandemic and Beyond: A Planned Behaviour Perspective

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