South Korean Migrants in China : : An Ethnography of Education, Desire, and Temporariness /

South Korean Migrants in China : : An Ethnography of Education, Desire, and Temporariness / / Xiao Ma.

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This book is an ethnographic account of education and migration from the perspective of three groups of South Koreans in contemporary China: migrant parents, children/students, and educational agents. The book reveals how these temporary migrants make choices, plan their trajectories and engage with...

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Superior document:New Mobilities in Asia Series
VerfasserIn:
Ma, Xiao,
Place / Publishing House:Amsterdam : : Amsterdam University Press B.V.,, [2024]
©2024
Year of Publication:2024
Edition:First edition.
Language:English
Series:New mobilities in Asia.
Physical Description:1 online resource (191 pages)
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Table of Contents:
  • Cover
  • Table of Contents
  • Acknowledgements
  • 1 Introduction
  • Education as a Lens: Korean Migrants In-between Two States
  • Educational Desire: Agency in Temporary Migration Regimes
  • 'Foreigners', 'Immigrants' and Chinese Internationalisation
  • 'Temporary Residents', 'Blood-kins' and Korean Globalisation
  • A Multi-Scalar Ethnography
  • 2 Temporary Residents' Community in Beijing
  • Come and Leave: South Korean Migration to China From the 1990s Onwards
  • Emergence, Development and Dispersal: the 'Koreatown(s)' in Beijing
  • The Variation in Ethnic Incorporation
  • Ethnic network
  • Ethnic category
  • Ethnic association
  • Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • 3 The Internationalised Education of China and the Globalise
  • International Schools in China: Beijing as a Hub
  • Internationalised Chinese Schools: Integration and Separation
  • Internationalisation of Higher Education in China: Talent as a 'Profit'
  • Overseas Korean Schools in China: The Patriotic and the Pragmatic
  • The 'Education Exodus' of South Korea
  • Conclusion
  • 4 Educational Desire in School Choice: Identities of Home, Destination and the World
  • 'Language Obsession': a Sino-centric Cosmopolitanism?
  • International/Bilingual Education Fever: The Quest for Social Status
  • Concerns About Chinese Schools: Undesirable Integration
  • Anxiety About the Korean School: Home-oriented Cosmopolitanism
  • Conclusion
  • 5 Desirable Homecoming: The Pursuit of Tertiary Education in the Context of Temporary Migration Regimes
  • Return Migration in the Asian Context
  • 'Why not an American University?'
  • The Motivation to Return Produced by Temporary Migration Regimes
  • Prolonging Their Stay: Creating 'Eligible' Returnees from Overseas
  • Hakkyo and Hagwŏn: Indispensable Intermediaries in Homeward Journeys
  • Conclusion.
  • 6 Internationalisation in Chinese Education: The Quest for Entry to a Top Chinese University
  • Choosing to Stay: From 'Chibang' to Centre
  • 'Good' and 'Bad' Students: The Desire to Enter Tsinghua and Beida
  • 'High' and "Low' Thresholds: Desirable Students and the Internationalisation of Chinese Education
  • Segregation and Integration: Korean Students at Chinese Schools
  • Compliant and Canny Agents: A Bridging Service for Clueless Students and Chinese Universities
  • Mr Kim and Changchun Guojibu
  • Mr Paek and Ch'ingan Ipshihagwŏn
  • 'Illegal' Ipshihagwŏn and 'Exemplary' Guojibu?
  • Conclusion
  • 7 Conclusion
  • The People In-Between
  • Temporary Migrants and Temporary Migration Regimes
  • Desire as a Socio-Political Force in Migration
  • Understanding Chinese Internationalisation
  • Afterthoughts
  • Bibliography
  • Index
  • List of Illustrations
  • Figure 1 Number of South Korean Nationals in China (2005-2021).
  • Figure 2 The 'Koreatown(s)' in Beijing.
  • Figure 3 Wangjing Xiyuan Siqu.
  • Figure 4 The Community Policing Studio in Wangjing Xiyuan Siqu.
  • Figure 5 Seoul Sweet City in Yanjiao, Hebei Province.
  • Figure 6 The 'Shrinking' Korean Businesses in Wangjing in 2019.
  • Figure 7 A Korean-Chinese-Run Real Estate Agency in Wangjing.
  • Figure 8 A Korean Business Cluster in a Residential Compound in Wangjing.
  • Figure 9 A Lunch Break at One Bridge Class at Wangjing Experimental School.
  • Figure 10 The Number of International Students in Chinese Higher Education Institutions (2003-2017).
  • Figure 11 Number of Korean Students Studying Abroad (2000-2014).
  • Figure 12 Attending a Parent-teacher Meeting at an International Bilingual School in Beijing.
  • Figure 13 'Let's go to the world!'.
  • Figure 14 Enrolled Student Number in KISB (Grade 1-12) in 2013 and 2014.
  • Figure 15 White Envelopes Filled With One-month Tutoring Fees.
  • Figure 16 Study Abroad Agencies (Yuhagwŏn) in Seoul.
  • Figure 17 The Student Dormitory on Shilla Campus in Suburban Beijing.

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