Message from aschleicher

[Anonymous]

In the morning session, professor Clayton Dube discussed in the "movement" of goods, services, and especially people. What are the root causes of migration? With the reading on the Japanese population decline and the need for foreign workers, the Japanese government is considering more guest workers, and changing rules for permanent residents. Is it enough for the dire need of people? Japan wants a solution, but the government does not seem ready for the difficult decisions that it will have to make in the next 20 years.

The book by Howard French, China's Second Continent, describes the "empire" of a million Chinese migrants, and the conflict/resentment that ferments throughout certain regions. The excerpt further details the harsh conditions of cultivating land and making a home for migrants. The movement of people and the conflict that it brings is evident in much news in Europe and the U.S., but we never hear about the migration of Chinese to Africa, or African migrating to China. In the article about Afro-Chinese marriages in Guangzhou, the author describes African merchants who marry Chinese but are not given citizenship. The children are given citizenship and it has created the new mixed race. But, tensions do flair in China regarding the African migrants when it comes to marriage of Chinese women, and the difficulty for Africans to assimilate into the Chinese culture. This is another example of the difficulty in the "movement" of people that is seen in Africa and China.