Abstract
The chinese people have had a long tradition of migration, nevertheless, the intricacy of the chinese diasporic phenomenon and the fact that it is made up of complex elements of migration, makes it difficult to understand. Moreover, the consideration of the great ethnic, linguistic and cultural diversity of the migrants who left China to settle abroad seems to invalidate the hypothesis of a united and homogeneous Diaspora. This diversity of migrants is a consequence of the size of the Chinese homeland which is composed of 23 provinces including Taiwan since 1988 and Hong Kong since 1997. The great majority of diasporans come from the littoral regions of Fujian, Hainan and Guangdong.
