The Asian diaspora is the diasporic group of Asian people who live outside of the continent. There are several prominent groups within the Asian diaspora.[1]

Asian diasporas have been noted for having an increasingly transnational relationship with their ancestral homelands,[2][3] especially culturally through the use of digital media.[4][5]

History

See also: Afro-Asia, Immigration to the Western world and Asian Latin Americans

Asians have a long history of migrating internally within Asia. Overland trading routes such as the Silk Road, and maritime routes through the Indo-Pacific enabled ancient exchanges. Since the late 19th century, Asian migration has greatly increased because of the impacts of colonialism and globalisation, which enabled new types of migration; for example, European empires' global reach and consolidation paved the way for the Indian indenture system. Increasing border enforcement by modern nation-states has stymied traditional migration flows, however.[6]

Central Asian diaspora

The Central Asian diaspora of the modern era is shaped to a significant extent by the expansion of and displacement caused by the Soviet Union.[7]

East Asian diaspora

Young people have started migrating from East Asia in much larger numbers since the 1990s.[8]

Southeast Asian diaspora

There has been Southeast Asian migration to France since the French Indochina period. Since 1975, there has been a mass resettlement of refugees from Laos, Cambodia, and Vietnam, primarily in France and the United States.[9]

See also

References

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  2. ^ Goh, Robbie B. H. & Wong, Shawn (2004-03-01). Asian Diasporas: Cultures, Indentity, Representation. Hong Kong University Press. ISBN 978-962-209-672-1.
  3. ^ "Introduction: Theorizing the Asian Diaspora". Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  4. ^ Cunningham, Stuart & Sinclair, John (2001). Floating Lives: The Media and Asian Diasporas. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 978-0-7425-1136-1.
  5. ^ Um, Hae-kyung (2004-11-04). Diasporas and Interculturalism in Asian Performing Arts: Translating Traditions. Routledge. ISBN 978-1-135-78990-9.
  6. ^ Amrith, Sunil S. (2011-03-07). Migration and Diaspora in Modern Asia. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-1-139-49703-9.
  7. ^ "Transnationalism and diaspora in Central Asia and the Caucasus". Central Asia and the Caucasus. 10 November 2004. doi:10.4324/9780203495827-6
  8. ^ Kim, Youna (2021). "Digital media and East Asian diaspora". Routledge Handbook of Asian Diaspora and Development. pp. 303–314. doi:10.4324/9780429352768-28. ISBN 9780429352768.
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