Open AccessOverseas Taiwanese Negotiations of “Chinese Identity” in the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic
Author(s) -
Hsieng-Ming Lin
Publication year - 2022
Language(s) - English
DOI - 10.51661/bjocs.v12i1.167
Subject(s) - negotiation , pandemic , immigration , identity (music) , covid-19 , political science , identity negotiation , chinese americans , gender studies , sociology , virology , medicine , law , infectious disease (medical specialty) , physics , disease , pathology , outbreak , acoustics
In this article, the author examines how Belgian Taiwanese immigrants negotiate their ethnonational identity, especially the term “Chinese” in the time of the Covid-19 pandemic. The study finds some differences of identity negotiation and performance strategies applied by different generations of immigrants.