We extend our sincerest gratitude to our commissioning editor at Brill, Shu Chunyan, for inviting us to undertake this project. Additionally, we express our heartfelt appreciation to all the contributors for their enthusiastic and patient support throughout this endeavour. We are indebted to numerous colleagues who generously dedicated their time to review the various chapters of this book.
A particular acknowledgment is due to our proficient copyeditor, Nat Tuohy. Furthermore, we wish to acknowledge the financial support provided for the preparation of this manuscript by the Dansk-Kinesisk Forening af 1948, Denmark, and the National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS), the CERMES3, and the Collaborative Institute on Migration (CI Migration), France.