Student-to-Student Diplomacy: Chinese International Students as a Soft-Power Tool

Bislev, Ane Katrine

doi:10.1177/186810261704600204

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“…In the US, for example, universities are increasingly cautious about Chinese students, who may act for their government as an intelligence tool. A directive issued by the Chinese Government in 2016, which intends to ‘harness the patriotic capabilities of overseas students’, supports this notion (Bislev, ).…”

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Enhancing Europe’s Global Power: A Scenario Exercise with Eight Proposals

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In the present context of intensifying competition between the major trading economies and potentially game‐changing technological developments, the European Union is generally seen as the weaker party. Lacking the ‘hard power’ derived from military capabilities, it has laid claim to a ‘soft power’ of normative influence externally, yet even that is only partially utilised. Nor has Europe been able to exercise the power to coerce – ‘sharp power’ – commensurate with its economic weight as a trading bloc equivalent in size and reach to the US or China, its most prominent global competitors. How can Europe strengthen its position, and in what fields? Through a scenario exercise, we develop eight policy proposals aimed at countering Europe´s vulnerabilities and enabling it to assert its sharp and soft power more effectively. Specifically, we consider the feasibility, means and scope for their realisation. Together, they provide a transformative agenda for the EU’s position in the world.

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Enhancing Europe’s Global Power: A Scenario Exercise with Eight Proposals

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“…As for the functioning of bilateral government educational cooperation, Bislev et al described that the "people-to-people ambassadors" strategy was established by the Ministry of Education in China in 2016, casting Chinese international students in the role of cultural public diplomacy [6]. This act illustrates how the Chinese government uses non-governmental tools in public policy and concentrates on spreading the Chinese culture through academic knowledge exchange.…”

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Chinese Students Choosing Hungarian Tertiary Education: a Systematic Review

2020

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China has been the leading source of foreign students pursuing tertiary degrees in other countries. The incoming Chinese students in Hungary comprised the third highest number of foreign students in the country in 2016. This paper examines the Chinese students’ motivations for choosing the Hungarian education system, with the purpose of gaining a more comprehensive and accurate understanding of the flow of Chinese students to Hungary. In terms of methodology, this paper uses the systematic review protocol by retrieving relevant literatures. The author developed the main factors influencing Chinese students’ choice of the Hungarian education system, which are social class inequality and the modernization process from the Chinese perspective; meanwhile, the state policy perceptions, the institution, and community influence are encouraging from the Hungarian views. Moreover, individual motivation and the challenges of “invisible academic performance in the classroom” are explored with regard to Chinese students in Hungary. This article practically contributes to policy implications for Hungarian higher education in the international environment and inspires Chinese students who are from the lower socioeconomic classes.

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“…At the same time, there appears to be a generally broad agreement that international education and student mobility may be one of the most effective tools for this purpose. As Amirbek and Ydryrys (2014, 502) affirm, "the provision of educational opportunities for foreign students is one of the most important instruments of soft power of the state" (see also Sheng-Kai 2015;Bislev 2017).…”

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