Revisiting China’s Africa policies and educational promises: towards a global convergence of development in the post-2015 era?

Yuan, Tingting

Abstract

Comparing China’s 2006 and 2015 Africa policies, this article reveals how China’s political discourse has become more confident, practical, and depoliticised. In particular, this paper shows how education is allocated, promised, and embedded in China’s ‘shared’ agenda, which is centred on development co-operation and mutual learning. It then reflects on the extent to which China may move towards traditional donors. This paper concludes that, despite fragmented convergences in the discourse and an increased recognition of a Chinese model, China maintains its distinctive role and position in the post-2015 era.

Citation

Yuan, T. (2019). Revisiting China’s Africa policies and educational promises: towards a global convergence of development in the post-2015 era?. Globalisation, Societies and Education, 17(5), 658-673. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2019.1595534

• Journal Article Type: Article
• Acceptance Date: Mar 6, 2019
• Online Publication Date: Apr 3, 2019
• Publication Date: Oct 20, 2019
• Deposit Date: Aug 9, 2022
• Journal: Globalisation, Societies and Education
• Print ISSN: 1476-7724
• Electronic ISSN: 1476-7732
• Publisher: Routledge
• Peer Reviewed: Peer Reviewed
• Volume: 17
• Issue: 5
• Pages: 658-673
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2019.1595534
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/9898716
• Publisher URL: https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/14767724.2019.1595534