流動人口與城市融入──九位“澳門—珠海”跨境勞工的生命史研究

Cross-border laborers, as a special labor group, commute between two cities on a daily basis, i.e. Macau and Zhuhai. Their impression on the two cities differ entirely from other groups like local residents and tourists. Based on the interviews with nine cross-border laborers on their life history, it is found that this group’s impression on the two cities is differentiated by the division of their dwelling spaces. “Language” is a crucial threshold for urban integration, while “marriage immigration” is an important approach to “enter” cities. Those laborers actively seek to narrow the gap of “social integration” brought about by “space segregation” in their interpersonal relationship with others, which constantly changes their perception of “identity”. The boundary of “identity” is getting ever blurred over the life course of laborers. On this basis, the cross-border laborers’ impression on the two cities, along with the changes of space and social integration, turns into a new stereotype that differs from other groups.