Towards British-Chinese futures: a social geography of second generation young Chinese people in London. Pang, Kim Kiang The copyright of this thesis rests with the author and no quotation from it or information derived from it may be published without the prior written consent of the author For additional information about this publication click this link. http://qmro.qmul.ac.uk/jspui/handle/123456789/1614 Information about this research object was correct at the time of download; we occasionally make corrections to records, please therefore check the published record when citing. For more information contact
[email protected] Towards British-Chinese futures: a social geography of second generation young Chinese people in London Kim Kiang Pang Thesis submitted for degree of Ph.D Department of Geography Queen Mary and Westfield College University of London 1999 ABSTRACT This thesis is primarily concerned with the cultural identities of second generation British-Chinese people located within the urban context of London. There are two chief reasons why London is the setting of the study. One, it has the largest Chinese population of any city in Britain, accounting for over a third of the British total. Second, its Chinatown acts as an economic hub for Chinese social and cultural activity for the South East region. It is argued that the conditions of Chinese settlement in London allow for the formation of Chinese collectivities and identities characterised by a high level of heterogeneity. One of the principal aims of the research is to demonstrate how pre- existing writing on 'new ethnicities' in Britain may be applicable to Chinese youth.