TR A D E A N D B U S I N E S S D I A S P O R A S
Chinese and Lebanese
• What is a trade diaspora? Link your discussion to the wider social
scientific literature on the connections between ethnicity, religion and
entrepreneurial conduct.
G L O B A L D I A S P O R A S
• Why are Chinatowns so successful a mechanism for retaining group
identities among the Chinese abroad and providing a service to the
surrounding communities and the Chinese in Mainland China?
• Why is the Lebanese diaspora six times the size of the Lebanese at home?
Pay particular attention to the role of external interventions in the affairs
of Lebanese and inter-ethnic violence there
