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Ronald Skeldon
Reluctant Exiles? [EPUB ebook]
Migration from Hong Kong and the New Overseas Chinese

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This work presents an assessment of the migration from Hong Kong that has occurred since the second half of the 1980s. This pronounced outflow of highly educated people (a "brain drain") is having a profound impact on destination areas, as well as on Hong Kong itself.

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Language English ● Format EPUB ● Pages 380 ● ISBN 9781315483115 ● Publisher Taylor and Francis ● Published 2016 ● Downloadable 3 times ● Currency EUR ● ID 5306395 ● Copy protection Adobe DRM

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