The articlediscusses the situation of Chinese minorities in Europe. Over the years,different waves of Chinese immigrants came to Europe at different times fordifferent reasons. These differences lead to distinct characteristics of thevarious Chinese communities. Chinese immigrants often took up jobs in ethnicniches, in order to avoid conflicts with the organized white workers.
The articlefurther describes the various challenges Chinese immigrants face today. Human traffickinghas been a reoccurring problem for many years. In addition a resurfacing of xenophobicviews towards Chinese is troubling Chinese immigrants in several European countries.From a cultural point of view, the children of immigrants face the challenge tocope with their Chinese and their European heritage simultaneously.
The Chinese in Europe: Origins and Transformations
