Migration flows in the region of mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan

Lam, Ka Wang Kelvin; Fong, Eric

doi:10.1080/17441730.2022.2087934

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“…The respondents were asked to indicate their level of agreement with the above statements on a 5-point Likert scale with the responses 'Very much agree', 'Somewhat agree', 'Half agree and half disagree', 'Somewhat disagree' and 'Very much disagree', where higher scores represented a higher level of agreement. Due to mainland China's social, cultural and economic connections with Hong Kong, it has been a significant relocation and migration destination for some people from Hong Kong, especially in recent years (Lam & Fong, 2022). Therefore, to identify possible differences related to the emigration destination, the intent to emigrate to mainland China was measured separately from the intent to emigrate to other international destinations.…”

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“…Studies on interprovincial return migration in mainland China have found that improved economic conditions in people's hometowns, which were often less-developed cities and regions originally, were one of the major drivers of return migration from the bigger cities in mainland China(Miao et al, 2013;Xu et al, 2017). The social and economic opportunities and prosperity of Hong Kong have long been the major reason for mainland Chinese to move to Hong Kong through the various talent acquisition and migration admission schemes previously provided by the Hong Kong government(Lam & Fong, 2022).Consequently, one of the drivers of people's intention to move back to their place of origin in mainland China could be that Hong Kong is losing its dominant position as a leading city in the region, at least among other Chinese cities, and previous immigrants are finding fewer reasons to stay. In a similar vein, this result may imply that the Hong Kong government's plans to acquire more mainland immigrants to replenish the current population could be effective in the short term, as shown by the figures above.…”

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Who intended to leave? Patterns and impacts of Hong Kong's recent wave of migration

Chong,

Chan,

Wong

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Population Space and Place

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During Hong Kong's 2019 political turmoil and the subsequent impact of the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic, a rapid rise in turnover rates in certain occupations, such as teachers, medical workers and civil servants, was observed. Some attributed this trend to the increasing rate of emigration. Previous studies have suggested that younger and better‐educated individuals are more likely to emigrate, and that the emigration of a specific group of the population has various impacts on the society of origin. Therefore, we explored the demographic characteristics of potential emigrants in Hong Kong and contrasted such findings with a previous wave of migration to examine the potential impact of the current wave. Based on a territory‐wide telephone survey, we found that (1) the associations of age and level of education with the intention to emigrate internationally (i.e., to destinations other than mainland China) corresponded to the typical young, well‐educated emigrant described in the literature; (2) a higher level of income was associated with a lower intention of international migration; (3) people in occupations such as professionals and managers, clerical and service workers and students reported a greater intention to emigrate than other groups; and (4) individuals born in Hong Kong were more likely to emigrate and less likely to move to mainland China than those born in mainland China. The implications of these intended migration patterns for ageing and fertility, short‐ and long‐term workforce shortages in tertiary sectors and the city's overall competitiveness are discussed.

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Who intended to leave? Patterns and impacts of Hong Kong's recent wave of migration

Chong,

Chan,

Wong

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Population Space and Place

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“…According to Pong et al (2014), over 760,000 Mainland Chinese settled in Hong Kong between 1997 and 2012. Between 2016 and 2020, an addition of 301,318 arrived Hong Kong (Lam and Fong, 2022).…”

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Entry visa categories, current experiences and future expectations of highly educated migrants and their intention to stay

Shui

Lam

Chen

et al. 2023

Asian and Pacific Migration Journal

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With more jobs requiring educational credentials, highly educated migrants are sought by many governments. This study is drawn from recently collected data between 2018 and 2020 in Hong Kong on highly educated migrants from Mainland China. We explored how entry visa categories, current experience and future expectation of highly educated migrants are related to their intention to stay. The findings suggest that all three aspects of their migration experience are related to their intention to stay. The findings also indicate that immigration policies, in particular visa categories, play a significant role in the intention of highly skilled migrants to stay. Thus, the government should pay attention to the types of visas that are likely to influence the retention of the highly educated in Hong Kong and the number of visas that are issued each year.

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Transitions across borders: Migration aspirations of young people from Kinmen, Taiwan

Yang,

Koo

2024

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This paper examines the migration aspirations of young people from the remote border area of Kinmen, Taiwan and their migratory trajectories—internal migration to the main island of Taiwan and cross‐border migration to China. Located between Taiwan and China, Kinmen is an offshore island with a long history of migration. Based on multi‐site ethnographic data from 30 young people, this paper explores their migratory trajectories and aspirations concerning the instability of socio‐political context and the growing social and cultural inequalities of today's globalised world, China's rise in particular. It contributes to the population geography literature by using migration aspiration as a critical lens to analyse how young people negotiate their borderland identity through mobility under the changing cross‐strait political economy. The paper emphasises the importance of considering the transformation of regional economy and culture when analysing youth migration experiences. In recognising the socially grounded aspects of migration aspiration, it highlights the fluid and transformative nature of migration to enrich our knowledge of how marginalised youth form subjectivities and negotiate complex identities through migration. The distinctive experiences of peripheral youth shed new light on the conceptualisation of border crossing, place and desires under the sway of globalisation.

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Migration flows in the region of mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan

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Who intended to leave? Patterns and impacts of Hong Kong's recent wave of migration

Who intended to leave? Patterns and impacts of Hong Kong's recent wave of migration

Entry visa categories, current experiences and future expectations of highly educated migrants and their intention to stay

Transitions across borders: Migration aspirations of young people from Kinmen, Taiwan

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