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Advanced Global Strategy in China: The Case of Tsinghua

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Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific

Part of the book series: Higher Education Dynamics ((HEDY,volume 36))

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Higher education , as an integral part of China ’s nation building project, is critically important. China identifies building national strength through science and education as a strategic policy, and one way to achieve this goal is to have a higher education system of international stature. China is heavily investing in improving its best universities with the aim of making them world-class in the coming decades. Noting that a good understanding of how the flagship universities in China are reaching for the gold standard will benefit other university systems in the region, and using Tsinghua University as an example, this chapter examines the role of higher education in China ’s rise and how Chinese universities are responding to globalization and internationalization. It presents an analysis of the experience at a Chinese flagship university through an in-depth case study in an international context, helps highlight common problems and accomplishments, and suggests new ways of thinking.

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  1. Comparative Education Research Centre, Faculty of Education, The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Rui Yang

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  1. Centre for the Study of, Higher Education (CSHE), University of Melbourne, Swanston Street 715, Melbourne, 3010, Victoria, Australia

    Simon Marginson

  2. , English Studies Section, School of Human, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, 11800, Malaysia

    Sarjit Kaur

  3. , International Education Research Centre, Central Queensland University, Level 8, Lonsdale Street, Melbourne 123, Melbourne, Victoria, 3800, Australia

    Erlenawati Sawir

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Yang, R. (2011). Advanced Global Strategy in China: The Case of Tsinghua. In: Marginson, S., Kaur, S., Sawir, E. (eds) Higher Education in the Asia-Pacific. Higher Education Dynamics, vol 36. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-1500-4_7

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