China's economic integration and new Chinese migrants in the Mekong region

Authors

Nguyen Van Chinh

Publication Date

2015-07-01

Abstract

This paper is based on the findings from fieldwork conducted in Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar and Vietnam (CLMV) in 2013 and 2014, and argues that the movement of new Chinese migration is an integral part of Chinas capital flow of investment, trade and economic aid. These four Mekong countries are ideally placed to receive Chinese migrants, because capital flow from China has steadily increased in line with the strengthening of ties between China and the CLMV countries, where new Chinese migrants can access the existing social networks created by the local ethnic Chinese. It is important for CLMV countries to establish a legal channel of recruitment for immigrant workers, to ensure a bilateral and inter-state cooperation in labor migration management.

DOI

10.58837/CHULA.ARV.28.2.5

First Page

75

Last Page

114

Recommended Citation

Chinh, Nguyen Van (2015) "China's economic integration and new Chinese migrants in the Mekong region," Asian Review: Vol. 28: No. 2, Article 6.
DOI: 10.58837/CHULA.ARV.28.2.5
Available at: https://digital.car.chula.ac.th/arv/vol28/iss2/6