A Study on the Scale Change of Women Left Behind by Transnational Migrant Husbands in the Overseas Chinese'Hometown of Li'ao in Wenzhou
The study of left-behind women in overseas Chinese hometown is one of the most important parts of historical study of women in China.Development phases and characteristics of each phase of women left behind by transnational migrant husbands in the famous Chinese diaspora'hometown of Li'ao in Wenzhou are discussed.It is found that there are five phases in the scale of left-behind women:beginning,outbreak,reduction,stasis and rebound.In the early days of the 20th century,there were few emigrant husbands and some single males abroad married foreign women,causing the beginning stage;after the reform and opening-up policies,a large number of husbands went overseas to earn a living,thus triggering the outbreak stage;after husbands obtained legal residential permit and started up business abroad,they assisted their wives in China to reunite abroad by legal application procedure,shaping the sharp reduction stage featuring by"major migration";the cumbersome legal applying procedures for family reunion and increasing overseas marriage resulted in the stasis stage;after 2015,women living abroad returned to China because of economic and living pressures and language barriers abroad,contributing to the rebound stage.After those different phases,the scale of left-behind women in Li'ao in Wenzhou is getting smaller and more stable.
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