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Higher education beyond SDG 4: China’s scholarship provision in the Global South (2022)
Journal Article
Yuan, T. (2022). Higher education beyond SDG 4: China’s scholarship provision in the Global South. International Journal of Chinese Education, 11(3), 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1177/2212585X221136735

In international development of education, the United Nation’s Sustainable Development Goal four monitors the scholarships offered by Western donors to developing countries. This paper, based on a qualitative study with 43 students from 26 developing... Read More about Higher education beyond SDG 4: China’s scholarship provision in the Global South.

Re-thinking International Students' Voice in South-South Cooperation in Higher Education ???????????????????: An International Development Perspective ??????? (2020)
Journal Article
Yuan, T. (2020). Re-thinking International Students' Voice in South-South Cooperation in Higher Education ???????????????????: An International Development Perspective ???????. Journal of International Students, 10(S(1)), 94-98. https://doi.org/10.32674/jis.v10is%281%29.1778

This article provides an initial reflection based on a recent qualitative study on China’s higher education and scholarship provision to international students from developing countries. The empirical data collected from focus groups reveal two emerg... Read More about Re-thinking International Students' Voice in South-South Cooperation in Higher Education ???????????????????: An International Development Perspective ???????.

Revisiting China’s Africa policies and educational promises: towards a global convergence of development in the post-2015 era? (2019)
Journal Article
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

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

Diploma serves diplomacy: China's "donor logic" in educational aid (2014)
Journal Article
Yuan, T. (2014). Diploma serves diplomacy: China's "donor logic" in educational aid. China: An International Journal, 12(2), 87-109

China's engagement in Africa is an increasingly popular topic in the 21st century. However, not much attention has been paid in the field of education and little evidence can be seen in what actually happens on the ground. This article aims to explor... Read More about Diploma serves diplomacy: China's "donor logic" in educational aid.