Current Research on Chinese Students Studying Abroad
Open Access
- 1 January 2012
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Research in Comparative and International Education
- Vol. 7 (1), 90-104
- https://doi.org/10.2304/rcie.2012.7.1.90
Abstract
As a result of China's growing participation and importance in the process of internationalization and globalization a continuously rising number of Chinese students has gone abroad for further study. By the end of the last decade the number of Chinese students abroad made up the largest group of international students in the USA (surpassing those from India) and during the next decade this group will become the world's largest floating student population. Because of its size and the growing recognition of China and Chinese culture around the world, research on a wide range of problem areas among Chinese students abroad has been initiated, especially in Australia, Great Britain, New Zealand, the USA and Hong Kong. This article looks at the variety of research issues and attempts to provide a first overview in the light of international and comparative research on international students, their mobility and their recognition by host countries as well as their influence as cultural ‘irritators’.Keywords
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