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International Students in China

Education, Student Life and Intercultural Encounters

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Editors:
  1. Fred Dervin

    1. Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

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  2. Xiangyun Du

    1. Confucius Institute, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

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  3. Anu Härkönen

    1. International Affairs, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland

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  • Focuses on the often neglected topic of international students studying in China
  • Provides a comprehensive overview of the latest research in interculturality and study abroad
  • Examines international student experiences through a range of lenses to provide a nuanced view

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
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  2. International Students in China: A Dream Come True?

    • Fred Dervin, Anu Härkönen, Xiangyun Du
    Pages 1-14

  3. An Analysis of Factors Influencing International Students’ Choice of Education in China

    • Genshu Lu, Mei Tian
    Pages 15-46

  4. Journey to the East: Intercultural Adaptation of International Students in China

    • Ping Yang
    Pages 47-75

  5. British University Students Studying Abroad in China: Issues of Interculturality

    • Jiayi Wang
    Pages 77-94

  6. (Re-)Conceptualising and Teaching ‘Culture’ in a Short-Term Stay Abroad Programme in China: Students from a Danish University Abroad

    • Niels Erik Lyngdorf, Xiangyun Du
    Pages 95-120

  7. Australian Students in China: Making the Foreign Familiar

    • Steve Nerlich, Ross Tan, Donna Velliaris, Ping Yu, Christopher Lawson
    Pages 121-144

  8. Transformations of Chinese and Danish Students’ Perceptions of the Significance of Culture in Transnational Education in China

    • Jin Hui Li
    Pages 145-167

  9. Experiential and Transformative Learning Through Community Service in China

    • Kaishan Kong
    Pages 169-193

  10. Language Learning Strategies and Intercultural Competence in the Year Abroad Study in China

    • Hsiu-Chih Sheu
    Pages 195-220

  11. International Student Recruitment as an Exercise in Soft Power: A Case Study of Undergraduate Medical Students at a Chinese University

    • Mei Tian, John Lowe
    Pages 221-248

  12. Commentary: International Students in China—What We Know, What We Don’t, and What Next

    • Peidong Yang
    Pages 249-255

  13. Back Matter

    Pages 257-260
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About this book

As the number of international students in Chinese higher education increases steadily, this volume is one of the first to focus on their many and varied experiences. With contributions focusing on such topics as intercultural adaptation, soft power and interculturality, language learning strategies and the intercultural, and transformations in perspective, this volume provides the reader with a broad overview of the latest advances in the field of interculturality and study abroad. While the book will appeal to a global audience of researchers, practitioners and students with an interest in Chinese higher education, it will also be of interest to all those who remain intrigued by conceptual and methodological issues of interculturality.

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“Does study abroad or international education automatically contribute to the development of intercultural competence? Which factors affect the outcomes of international education? What particular intercultural experiences can international students expect from study abroad in Chinese universities? If you are interested in these and many other questions regarding the latest advances in the field of interculturality and study abroad, you will find the reading of this gap-filling research highly intriguing and rewarding.” (Sun Youzhong, Beijing Foreign Studies University, China)

“What should those who choose to study in Chinese higher education expect to gain? Knowledge of a different world or finding a new ‘me’? This book deals with these questions from varied and valuable insights, and in illuminating ways. If the true meaning of learning is “not to convince but to be thought-provoking”, then this book achieves this perfectly.” (Professor Juan Hu, Renmin University of China)

Editors and Affiliations

  • Department of Teacher Education, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland

    Fred Dervin

  • Confucius Institute, Aalborg University, Aalborg, Denmark

    Xiangyun Du

  • International Affairs, Turku University of Applied Sciences, Turku, Finland

    Anu Härkönen

About the editors

Fred Dervin (文德) is Professor of Multicultural Education at the University of Helsinki, Finland. He also holds other professorships in Australia, Canada, China, Luxembourg and Malaysia. 


Xiangyun Du (杜翔云) is Professor in the Department of Learning and Philosophy and director of the Confucius Institute for Innovation and Learning at Aalborg University, Denmark. She is also affiliated to the College of Education at Qatar University, Qatar.

Anu Härkönen is Head of International Affairs at Turku University of Applied Sciences, Finland and a doctoral researcher at the University of Helsinki, Finland.


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