从边缘走向主流——新移民与北美华人经济发展新动向

From Fringe to Mainstream: New Immigrants and Chinese Economies in North America

论文在实地调研的基础上,从北美华人移民来源地、移民数量、唐人街形态变化,特别是唐人街之间的城际长途巴士的发展等方面,揭示了北美华人经济的新动向,并从经济学角度进行阐释。认为近二十年来,新移民的持续增长为北美华人社会注入源头活水;唐人街的发展瓶颈被突破,出现了新的族群经济形态,如复合商城华埠(Mall Chinatown)等在各地涌现;华人利用族群特色寻求经营创新,华人大巴在短短十余年间开创了新的城际交通服务体系,改变了原有的行业格局,进而从边缘走向主流并影响主流。此外,北美华人科技产业利用大洋两岸各自的比较优势在跨国经营中逐渐兴起。新移民与中国因素、族群特色与经营创新,成为北美华人经济的活力之源。

In this article, the authors ascribes the prosperity of the Chinese economies in North America to the new immigrants from China's Mainland who have infused vitality into Chinese communities, to the resulting expansion of China towns that has occurred to meet the needs of the blooming Chinese businesses, to the operation of Chinese bus companies that has extended Chinese influence beyond China towns, and to the Chinese high-tech talents who have successfully challenged the world＇s best brains in their fields. These new developments, the authors, argue, have brought Chinese Americans from the fringe of American society to its mainstream core.