humane environment are very different with China’s. Here in Sweden the living environment is quiet, especially in winter, they feel amazed that they could seldom meet one person after walking through a whole street; therefore, some Chinese immigrants have a depressed mood as the winter is too long and lack of sunshine. Like all the immigrants, there are also challenges Chinese immigrants faced. The first challenge is the drastic change in the sociocultural context surrounding the family (ibid: 322), the second challenge is the significant change in family relations in the immigrant family (ibid: 323), the third one is the generation gap that is exacerbated by a cultural gap between the immigrant family and the larger society (ibid.). The first settlers took a long time to adapt to the Swedish way of life. But the second generation feels much easier to face with such problems.
Referring to Mette Thunø’swho wrote Chinese Immigrants in Denmark after 1949: Immigration Patterns and Development, the Chinese community, being one of the minor immigrant groups, has never attracted the attention of immigrant researchers in Denmark, and up to now no studies have been conducted on this particular immigrant group (Elizabeth Sinn 1998: 141). Actually the situation is similar in Sweden, so it is significant to do such research in South Sweden where the author has been studying and living for two years.
After that, the author will further discuss their religion. Analyzing their religion occupied a chapter, as it is well known that China is a predominantly Buddhist country, but why most of Chinese immigrants in Sweden chose Christianity? What prompted them to choose another faith or make them change their beliefs? There will be a delicate analysis in Chapter 8.
And then it will be the “mobility” chapter, as these Chinese immigrants have a lot of liquidity, they went back to China every year or every a few years, they indirectly bring back some different or advanced customs to China and bring over Chinese customs or culture to Sweden, it has relationship with the transnationalism under globalization. At last, the author will analyze their confusion and discuss their future, then make a brief conclusion.
This thesis will do a lot of research about their study, work, life habits, entertainment; the theme will be focused on how this group defines their identity in the changing face of home in the traditional life. They have identified themselves as a part of Swedish, the home country is nothing left for them, or they also feel satisfied for preserving Chinese ancestry and traditional Chinese culture? And how about Chinese Christians identify themselves? Interviews of Chinese immigrants of different ages and different occupation will be put in this paper. The discussion of Chinese immigration during the second half of the century until the present has been based on the same kinds of sources supplemented by central census material, direct interviewing with immigrants of all classes (ibid: 142), and partly participant observation in Malmo, where the majority of Chinese immigrants live in south Sweden.
Except tracing their history, the author will also discuss abouttheir present daily lives, and their plansand opinions in the future, with the self-identity of the early immigrants and second generation as the main emphasis. The author hopes the research will in favor of new immigrants that they could do better p
