Soft power and higher education: an examination of China's Confucius Institutes

• Published in: Globalisation, societies and education Vol. 8; no. 2; pp. 235 - 245
• Main Author: Yang, Rui
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Routledge 01.06.2010
• Subjects: Australia; Case Studies; China; Confucianism; Confucius Institutes; Educational Policy; Foreign Countries; Global Approach; Higher Education; Institutes (Training Programs); Institutional Cooperation; Institutions; International Cooperation; International Education; International Educational Exchange; internationalisation; Internationalization; Peers; Peoples Republic of China; Power; Power Structure; Role of Education; Soft power; the university; Universities; Australia; China

China's global presence has become a significant subject. However, little attention has been directed to the role of higher education in projecting China's soft power, and little academic work has been done directly on it, despite the fact that there has been some work on related topics. B...