European Migrant Professionals in Chinese Global Cities: A Diversified Labour Market Integration

Since the early 2000s, Chinese metropolises have been emerging as hubs for the national and global economy. They attract increasing numbers of foreigners with diverse socio‐economic and educational backgrounds who tend to immigrate independently of the Chinese initiatives focused on “foreign talents”. Our analysis contributes to the understanding of these migrants’ integration into the labour market. Through a Bourdieusian capital lens, this article unpacks the access to the labour market and occupational positions of Swiss and Swedish migrant professionals in mainland China. Differentiated by how they can capitalize upon their educational, occupational, social and cultural resources in this specific context, the article distinguishes between three categories: corporarate expatriates, local hires and entrepreneurs and concludes with policy recommendations to stabilize their residence conditions.     

Layered clays in PP polymer dispersion: the effect of the processing conditions

The effect of processing conditions of material and interfacial/ interphase properties in clay/polymer nanocomposites are usually studied through experimental results of X-ray diffraction, transmission electron microscopy and rheology mechanical tests. In this paper, the interaction of the experimental parameters and properties measure results are studied by employing multivariate analysis of variance technique. This model is used to establish relations between several material and interfacial/interphase characteristics with the processing conditions. These results are then analyzed in detail, using univariate approach (analysis of variance), to point out the existing significant relations. In general, agreement with experimental observations was found, but few other nonagreeable things are found out, which must be studied in the future. The effects of all parameters are thus determined, using these new approach, to predict the relations between material and interfacial/interphase properties, without the need to duplicate experiments in laboratory.