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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910800124903321
• Autore: Ma Xiao
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Amsterdam : , : Amsterdam University Press B.V., , [2024]; ©2024
• ISBN: 9789048553808; 9789463726252
• Edizione: [First edition.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (191 pages)
• Collana: New Mobilities in Asia Series
• Disciplina: 305.8957051
• Soggetti: Koreans - China; China Emigration and immigration
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 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.