Learning to 'Tell China's Story Well': "The Constructions of International Students in Chinese Higher Education Policy"

Autor/inn/en	Mulvey, Benjamin; Lo, William Yat Wai
Titel	Learning to 'Tell China's Story Well': "The Constructions of International Students in Chinese Higher Education Policy"
Quelle	In: Globalisation, Societies and Education, 19 (2021) 5, S.545-557 (13 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Zusatzinformation	ORCID (Mulvey, Benjamin) ORCID (Lo, William Yat Wai)
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1476-7724
DOI	10.1080/14767724.2020.1835465
Schlagwörter	Higher Education; Educational Policy; Foreign Students; Policy Analysis; Study Abroad; Economic Factors; Advantaged; Exchange Programs; Laws; Guidance; International Education; Foreign Countries; Student Mobility; College Students; Student Characteristics; China + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Hochschulbildung; Hochschulsystem; Hochschulwesen; Politics of education; Bildungspolitik; Politikfeldanalyse; Studies abroad; Auslandsstudium; Ökonomischer Faktor; Exchange programme; Exchange program; Exchange programmes; Austauschprogramm; Law; Recht; Beratung; Internationale Erziehung; Ausland; Student; Students; Mobility; Schüler; Schülerin; Studentin; Mobilität; Collegestudent
Abstract	This article takes a policy-as-discourse approach to understanding how Chinese policy texts construct international students. This is important given the growth of China as a study destination, and the fact that the majority of the studies on Chinese internationalisation policy are descriptive, and poorly integrated with literature focused on other contexts. Drawing upon a thematic analysis of 19 policy texts, the article reveals that economic rationales are absent in the policy texts; it also reveals five somewhat contradictory ways in which international students are constructed in policies: As 'para-diplomats' and 'future elites', but also as sources of 'mutual exchange', of 'insufficient quality' and finally, as requiring 'guidance' to understand Chinese laws. The article also discusses these constructions and problems with the assumptions within them, and how such problems could be thought about differently, with reference to the 'critical internationalisation studies' literature developed largely with a focus on the Global North. (As Provided).
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Update	2024/1/01