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Second-generation Chinese a "model minority" in Netherlands
Updated: 2011-08-20 01:24:00
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THE HAGUE, August 19 (Xinhua) -- Since the first Chinese migrants moved to the
Netherlands in 1911, the community has been doing very well in Dutch society,
according to new research.
Second generation Chinese are extremely well educated, in some cases even more
so than the natives, Dutch research institute Sociaal en Cultureel Planbureau
said in a report published on Friday.
"The contact between the two generations is most remarkable," said Merove
Gijsberts, one of the authors of the report.
The Chinese are the fifth largest non-Western immigrant group in the
Netherlands after the Turks, Moroccans, Surinamese and Antilleans. Some 71,500
Chinese migrants and their descendants currently live in Holland.
The first Chinese to arrive in the Netherlands mainly came for work and they
were followed later by their families. The Chinese population grew considerably
in recent years, mainly due to immigration for study and business.
Other large Chinese groups originating from former Dutch colonies such as
Indonesia and Suriname were not included in the research.
Based on earlier research, first generation Chinese in the Netherlands were
thought of as a relatively closed community. However, second generation Chinese
born in the Netherlands buck the trend and are doing especially well in the
field of education.
The vast majority of second generation Chinese complete their secondary
education in the Netherlands, with many of them continuing with higher
education. They are much better educated than other migrant groups and also
have an advantage over native Dutch students. Around 85 percent of
second-generation Chinese migrants go on to higher education, compared to 59
percent of Dutch students.
The report states that Chinese children perform well in school because Chinese
culture attaches great value to education. "Working hard and performing well
are important for Chinese parents, and this clearly benefits the school
performance of their children," the report reads.
It is remarkable to see how well the Chinese are doing in school, Gijsberts
said. "This is an international trend, which is shown in studies in other
countries as well. In the United States for example, Chinese children are also
performing very well. Overly demanding parents can also lead to negative
effects, but we have not investigated that," he stated.
Chinese migrants are doing well in the Dutch labor market. Although
unemployment in the Chinese community is higher than among native Dutch people,
it is lower than the four largest non-Western migrant groups.
Chinese people in the Netherlands have traditionally been employed in
restaurants. That is still the case, because 43 percent of employees with a
Chinese background are employed in the catering sector. However, this figure is
lower than in the past.
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Second generation Chinese in the Netherlands are steadily doing more skilled
jobs, a trend which is likely to continue due to better education.
Compared with other migrant groups, first-generation Chinese have had some
difficulties with the Dutch language, and seldom use it with family. However,
while most second-generation Chinese communicate with their parents in their
mother tongue, they also speak Dutch well. One out of five does not speak
Chinese at all.
The socioeconomic success of second generation Chinese is connected with the
norms of the Chinese culture, states the report. "An ethos of hard work, high
ambition, the drive to perform well and the great value that is attached to
good education and a strong work ethic. These are very important cultural
factors for success," it said.
"This second generation can be seen as a model minority group," concludes the
report.
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