Analyzing the unprecedented changes in Chinese ethnic business due to globalization, this book provides an understanding of Chinese participation in the key receiving countries of the US, Australia and Canada. It focuses on the main themes of economic globalization and Chinese community development, transnational linkages, and more.

Providing a crucial understanding of how globalization impacts on the development of Chinese businesses, this book analyzes the unprecedented changes in Chinese ethnic business due to the process of globalization, specifically economic globalization, in the key receiving countries of the US, Australia and Canada. Focusing on the main themes of economic globalization and Chinese community development, transnational linkages, local urban structures, homogenization and place attachment, the team of internationally known contributors place the subject of Chinese ethnic business in the bigger picture of ethnic businesses and globalization. Including excellent methodology such as ethnographic studies, historical analysis, geographic studies and statistical analysis, this volume makes an important contribution to the field of ethnic businesses.

1. Introduction: Chinese Ethnic Business and Globalisation "
"Part 1: Economic Globalization, and Community Development and Chinese Ethnic Businesses
2. The Chinese Language Media and the Ethnic Enclave Economy in the United States
3." "Globally Connected and Locally Embedded Financial Institutions: Analyzing the ethnic Chinese banking sector
4. The New Chinese Business Sector in Toronto: A Spatial and Structural Anatomy of Medium and Large-sized firms " "Part 2: Transnational Linkages and Chinese Ethnic Businesses
5. Globalization, Transnationalism, and Chinese Transnationalism
6. Business Social Networks and Immigrant Entrepreneurs from China
7. From Batlers to Transnational Ethnic Entrepreneurs?: Immigrants from the People's Republic of China in Australia
8. The Cemetery of Huang Xuliang: Transnationalism and the Chinese Overseas in the Early Twentieth Century "
"Part 3: Chinese Businesses, Local Urban Structures and Homogenization
9. Chinese Ethnic Economies With the City Context
10. Business Owners and Workers: Class Locations of Chinese in Canada " "Part 4: Homogenization: Place Attachment and Chinese Businesses
11. The Global-Local Nexus and Ethnic Business Location "
"12. Going to Malls, Being Chinese?: Ethnic Identities among Chinese Youths in Toronto's Ethnic Economy " "13. Conclusion