Inclusion, Participation and the Emergence of British Chinese Websites

Previous work has drawn attention to the relative absence of British Chinese voices in culture. No one is more aware of this invisibility than British-born Chinese people . Since 2000 the emergence of Internet discussion sites produced by British young people has provided an important forum for many of them to grapple questions concerning their identities, experiences and status in Britain. In this paper explore the ways in which Internet usage by British-born Chinese people has forms of self-expression, collective identity production and social and political . This examination of British Chinese websites raises important questions about and exclusion, citizenship, participation and the development of a sense of in Britain, issues which are usually overlooked in relation to a group which to be well integrated and successful in higher education.