Integration Rather Than Assimilation——Analysis of the Chinese Immigrants in Australia

摘要

The first Chinese gold diggers arrived in Australia in 1850s as the first generation immigrants.As time goes by,so many immigrants from China settled down in Australia as permanent residents or citizens.I will analyse Chinese immigrants of Australia in language,values,social life and the social altitude towards them through their identity shift.I will also put forward the point of view that integrating different cultures rather than only be assimilated by the other culture is a sensible choice for Chinese immigrants to reshape their identity.Chinese immigrants in Australia will reinvent their distinctive identity to organize their internal sense of cohesion and membership successfully and find their social belongingness and sense of security in Australia.