This edited volume is about migration as well as the study ofmigration in China. It presents some useful methodologicalapproaches, definitions etc. to migration studies and it willalso be valuable for people who want to enter the field ofmigration studies in China. The first chapter, by Cheng Li,gives an overview of the present situation which would beof great interest for the lay reader as well as the scholarlycommunity. In the second chapter Zhang Kangqing presentsa Chinese survey from Shanghai showing how Chinesescholars deal with the topic. Finally Hein Mallee clarifiesdefinitions and methodology pointing out many of the trapsand misunderstandings of the field.