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China's universities go to Southeast Asia: Transnational knowledge transfer, soft power, sharp power

This article examines four Southeast Asian cases of the ``going out'' of China's universities, or what is termed as jingwai banxue in China. It examines their background and rationale, their academic programs and curricula arrangements, and their overall significance to both China and...

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Main Author: Ngeow, Chow Bing
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Published: CHINESE UNIV PRESS 2022
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spelling my.um.eprints.417602023-10-25T03:31:41Z http://eprints.um.edu.my/41760/ China's universities go to Southeast Asia: Transnational knowledge transfer, soft power, sharp power Ngeow, Chow Bing H Social Sciences (General) This article examines four Southeast Asian cases of the ``going out'' of China's universities, or what is termed as jingwai banxue in China. It examines their background and rationale, their academic programs and curricula arrangements, and their overall significance to both China and the hosting countries. Three major themes guide this article: transnational knowledge transfer, soft power, and sharp power. The findings suggest that jingwai banxue is a diverse and de-centralized phenomenon, with Beijing playing only a limited role. It shows that the range of transnational knowledge transfer through jingwai banxue varies among different projects. It illustrates that these projects both generate and leverage China's soft power and are intrinsically tied to China's economic importance to the hosting countries. Finally, it argues against the ``sharp power'' interpretation. CHINESE UNIV PRESS 2022-02 Article PeerReviewed Ngeow, Chow Bing (2022) China's universities go to Southeast Asia: Transnational knowledge transfer, soft power, sharp power. China Review-An Interdisciplinary Journal on Greater China, 22 (1). pp. 221-248. ISSN 1680-2012,
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China's universities go to Southeast Asia: Transnational knowledge transfer, soft power, sharp power
description This article examines four Southeast Asian cases of the ``going out'' of China's universities, or what is termed as jingwai banxue in China. It examines their background and rationale, their academic programs and curricula arrangements, and their overall significance to both China and the hosting countries. Three major themes guide this article: transnational knowledge transfer, soft power, and sharp power. The findings suggest that jingwai banxue is a diverse and de-centralized phenomenon, with Beijing playing only a limited role. It shows that the range of transnational knowledge transfer through jingwai banxue varies among different projects. It illustrates that these projects both generate and leverage China's soft power and are intrinsically tied to China's economic importance to the hosting countries. Finally, it argues against the ``sharp power'' interpretation.
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title China's universities go to Southeast Asia: Transnational knowledge transfer, soft power, sharp power
title_short China's universities go to Southeast Asia: Transnational knowledge transfer, soft power, sharp power
title_full China's universities go to Southeast Asia: Transnational knowledge transfer, soft power, sharp power
title_fullStr China's universities go to Southeast Asia: Transnational knowledge transfer, soft power, sharp power
title_full_unstemmed China's universities go to Southeast Asia: Transnational knowledge transfer, soft power, sharp power
title_sort china's universities go to southeast asia: transnational knowledge transfer, soft power, sharp power
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