Korean Migrations to and within China

Abstract

This chapter offers information about the geographic movements of Koreans as evidence of the ethnic Korean network in China. I first briefly describe the early history of how and when Koreans started moving to other countries. Koreans emigrations can be divided into two periods, an early movement for political reasons and later movement for economic and educational goals. Since the 1990s, South Koreans have moved to China and Korean Chinese have also migrated out of as well as within China. The chapter shows how the migration of South Koreans to regions in China has influenced Korean Chinese migrations. Finally, I discuss how those movements have affected the Korean Chinese community in China.