Diaspora Space-time Av Anne-christine Tremon

<P><B><I>Diaspora Space-Tim</I></B><B>e explores the transformations of Pine Mansion¿a Shenzhen former emigrant community¿and its members'' changing relationship with their diaspora around the world</B>. For more than a century, inhabitants of Shenzhen''s villages have migrated to Southeast Asia, the Pacific, North and South America, and Europe. With China''s economic global ascendancy, these villages no longer consist of peasants dependent on their rich overseas relatives. As the villages have become part of the special economic zone of Shenzhen, the megacity that embodies China''s rise, emigration has waned.</P><P>Lineage ties have long been central in choosing migration destinations and channeling donations to village projects. After China''s reopening, Shenzhen''s villagers used diaspora as a resource to participate in the city''s booming economy and to reestablish and protect their ritual sites against government plans. As overseas financial contributions diminish and diasporic re

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