1965年以来洛杉矶华人的郊区化及其跨国性

Suburbanization of the Chinese in Los Angeles since 1965 and Their Transnational Links

1965年新移民法实施以来,洛杉矶郊区化了的华人中,绝大多数都是第一代华人移民,他们在移民的同时也完成了郊区化,这种郊区化是跨国移民活动的产物。不仅如此,定居郊区的华人移民利用其跨国联系,成功进入了地产业、高技术产业和生产服务业,这些产业表现出了明显的跨国特征。而经济活动中的分化也使得郊区华人的社会经济层次出现差异,由此在圣盖博河谷(San Gabriel Valley)形成了三个层次有别的华人居住区。

The number of Chinese residents in Los Angeles has increased substantially since 1965 when the new Immigration Act was introduced,and most of this increase has taken place in suburbs,especially in San Gabriel Valley,an area lying east to the Los Angeles city.Most of San Gabriel Valley’s Chinese are first-generation immigrants,who came directly to the suburbs from their original country.The suburbanization of the Chinese immigrants in Los Angeles has undergone a single process that combined immigration with suburbanization,which could be termed as transnational suburbanization.Besides,International links of San Gabriel Valley’s Chinese played a vital role in their success in real estate,producer services and high-tech industries,which showed significant transnational nature.Socio-economic stratification has occurred among the Chinese immigrants living in San Gabriel Valley due to their different economic activities,which has resulted in three different settlement areas with clear features of different socio-economic status.