Ethnic Identity And National Identity In Transnational Labor Export Taking The Korean-Chinese Of Long Shan 11th Village As An Example

Most scholars generally believe that Korean-Chinese is a transnational ethnic group which moved from Korean peninsula in Ming and Qing dynasties. After the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and South Korea in 1992, all sorts of labor export from China to South Korean also is in full swing by geographical advantages and cultural advantages. So South Korea becomes the Korean-Chinese's main destination for labor exporting. In addition, the identity of Korean-Chinese who export to South Korean as labors shows great particularities by virus of being different from the other nations or ethnic groups. On one hand, it shows the same cultural identity as the other nations; on the other hand, it also shows its special identity as trans-national ethnic groups.The Korean-Chinese compatriots who exports to South Korea from China often feels uncomfortable in the differences between China and South Korea such as living, thinking, and culture and value. Moreover, they experience a series of changes in the sense of identity, from transnational ethnic identity to China's national identity. In another word, Long Shan village's Korean-Chinese makes South Korea as the first choice of labor export because of their transnational ethnic-groups identity, and makes their national identity further stronger. And most Korean-Chinese experience the change from"South Korean affection"to"Korean-Chinese"when they export to South Korea.From the trans-nationality's perspective, the research takes Korean-Chinese of Long Shan's 11 th villages who export to Korean as labors for an example to study the relations between trans-national ethnic identity and national identity and how the national identity strengthens to enrich the theory study.