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Acknowledgments
So many scores of persons assisted in this book, wittingly and unwittingly, that I shall never fully be able to acknowledge the appreciation I owe and feel. My dissertation, British New Wave Chinese Immigration, from which the present work is adapted, was supervised by Ceri Peach of the University of Oxford. I am deeply indebted to him for his intellectual guidance and constant encouragement. My sincere thanks must go to Wolfgang Taubmann of the University of Bremen, who was among the first to support my aspirations in undertaking this study. Extra thanks go to Yok-shiu Lee and C.Y. Jim of the University of Hong Kong for their sage advice and wisdom during the long course of writing and research. As always, I benefited greatly from the intellectual stimulation and wonderful friendship of Paul Cheng, who saw my research potential and challenged me to make it better.