International Higher Education and the Pursuit of 'Chinese' Capitals: African Students and Families' Strategies of Social (Re)Production

Autor/in	Xu, Wen
Titel	International Higher Education and the Pursuit of 'Chinese' Capitals: African Students and Families' Strategies of Social (Re)Production
Quelle	In: British Journal of Educational Studies, 71 (2023) 3, S.307-323 (17 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Xu, Wen)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0007-1005
DOI	10.1080/00071005.2022.2103095
Schlagwörter	International Education; Foreign Students; Student Attitudes; Study Abroad; Student Mobility; College Choice; Higher Education; Foreign Countries; Immigrants; Social Capital; Cultural Capital; Chinese; Language Proficiency; Second Language Learning; Life Style; Job Security; Employment Opportunities; Economic Factors; Self Concept; College Students; Outcomes of Education; Africa; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Internationale Erziehung; Schülerverhalten; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Studienortwahl; Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Ausland; Immigrant; Immigrantin; Immigranten; Sozialkapital; China; Chinesen; Language skill; Language skills; Sprachkompetenz; Zweitsprachenerwerb; Lebensstil; Arbeitsplatzsicherheit; Berufschance; Beschäftigungschance; Ökonomischer Faktor; Selbstkonzept; Collegestudent; Lernleistung; Schulerfolg; Afrika
Abstract	This paper intervenes in debates on Chinese higher education and social (re)production strategies in the contemporary African diaspora, developing the link between 'Chinese' capitals, social status and spatial mobility. Drawing on semi-structured interviews with both disadvantaged and middle-class African international students, I unpack how migration to China will enable them to accumulate prized forms of capital and position advantageously in different spheres of African society. The paper focuses on two 'Chinese' capitals--specifically high proficiency in the Chinese language, and exposure to and internalisation of Chinese lifestyles and practices--which are convertible to profit, distinction and secure coveted jobs in their respective home countries. By exploring how China's 'in the middle' position within the global political economy and exercising its soft power over peripheries are reflected in the ways these African students and their families play the 'class game' and make higher education choice, this paper moves beyond the 'West' vs. 'the Rest' gaze and nuances an emergent mobility pattern within the Global South. I conclude by presenting an argument that in seeking these 'Chinese' capitals, the students and their families may enhance China's geopolitical standing and facilitate its movement towards the 'core' within the arena of the world (knowledge) system. (As Provided).
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