Student-to-Student Diplomacy: Chinese International Students as a Soft-Power Tool. Chinese international students as a soft-power tool.

Autor/in	Bislev, Ane
Titel	Student-to-Student Diplomacy: Chinese International Students as a Soft-Power Tool. Chinese international students as a soft-power tool.
Quelle	In: Journal of current Chinese affairs, 46 (2017) 2, S. 81-109 PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (1); PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei (2) Link als defekt meldenVerfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	online; gedruckt; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1868-1026; 1868-4874
URN	urn:nbn:de:gbv:18-4-10689
Schlagwörter	Einstellungsänderung; Entscheidung; Interaktion; Außenpolitik; Diplomatie; Internationale Beziehungen; Akademischer Austausch; Student; China; Westliche Welt
Abstract	Chinese international students have become an increasingly visible presence around the globe, and interest in these students has consequently increased among universities, researchers, and policy-makers, who often see international students as a source of increased soft power. This article questions the idea of Chinese international students as a soft-power tool. This is done through a critical discussion of the concept of soft power and the rather limited research on educational diplomacy, demonstrating that the analytical vagueness of the concept of soft power leads to an oversimplified understanding of the linkage between international students and soft power. In order to provide a more nuanced understanding of this linkage, the article examines the actual overseas experience of Chinese international students and argues that the linkage between international students and soft power is highly complicated and that these students do not necessarily constitute soft-power resources.
Erfasst von	GESIS - Leibniz-Institut für Sozialwissenschaften, Mannheim
Update	2018/2