Media and Communication in the Chinese Diaspora Rethinking Transnationalism

"In this sequel to Media and the Chinese Diaspora (5th ed., 2006), coeditors Sun (Univ. of Technology, Sydney) and Sinclair (Univ. of Melbourne) investigate the changes in information technologies that have shaped the communication behaviors of Chinese people across the diaspora. Though mainland China endeavors to change its global image, how it exercises its soft power has affected historical relationships with the diaspora in both subtle and obvious manners."

A. Cho, University of British Columbia, CHOICE

"It provides concrete and useful background information in each chapter, such as the history of migration, the changes in demographic composition, the cultural values of migration, and the relations and dynamics between Chinese communities and their host countries, which enables readers to have a better and relatively systemic understanding in political, economic, cultural, and historical terms."

Tingting Hu, Hangzhou Dianzi University, Hangzhou, P.R. China