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Creating “Artificial Suns”: the Sino-Western race to master limitless clean energy through nuclear fusion 创造“人造太阳”：通过核聚变掌握无限清洁能源的中西竞赛

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Asian Education and Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-29 DOI: 10.1108/aeds-03-2022-0035

W. Wong

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The role of Macao's universities in the education and training development of Hengqin 澳门大学在横琴教育培训发展中的作用

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Asian Education and Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-12-12 DOI: 10.1108/aeds-03-2022-0042

Wanli Wang, F.I.Lam Johnny, Jiagui Li, Zhenjie Yang

{"title":"The role of Macao's universities in the education and training development of Hengqin","authors":"Wanli Wang, F.I.Lam Johnny, Jiagui Li, Zhenjie Yang","doi":"10.1108/aeds-03-2022-0042","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/aeds-03-2022-0042","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThis study intends to explore the opportunities and roles of Macao's universities in the education and training development of Hengqin under the General Plan of the Development of the Guangdong–Macao In-Depth Cooperation Zone in Hengqin promulgated in August 2021.Design/methodology/approachThis study is intended to analyze the role of Macao’ universities in Hengqin development, based on data collected through interviewing with dozens of scholars and government officials from Macao and Hengqin, and government reports, news reports and other relevant data.FindingsThe General Plan provides Macao's universities with opportunities to develop education and training in Hengqin. On the one hand, Hengqin can be the locus of Macao's tertiary education diversification; Macao's universities can jointly establish technological research institutions and set up postdoctoral research centers and university branches to enroll master's and doctoral students from Mainland China. On the other hand, Macao's universities can set up a branch of professional training and open training courses in Hengqin. These efforts are designed to promote technological innovation and cultural diffusion in Macao.Originality/valueThis study analyses the potential role of Macao's universities in developing education and training in Hengqin since the central policy was announced last August. This study will be of interest to scholars as well as policymakers.","PeriodicalId":44145,"journal":{"name":"Asian Education and Development Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-12-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45867363","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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The Sino-African higher education exchange: toward building a literature 中非高等教育交流:迈向文学之路

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Asian Education and Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-25 DOI: 10.1108/aeds-01-2021-0019

Chkaif Bouchaib

{"title":"The Sino-African higher education exchange: toward building a literature","authors":"Chkaif Bouchaib","doi":"10.1108/aeds-01-2021-0019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/aeds-01-2021-0019","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThis paper intends to provide a thematic literature review of the scholarly research articles orbiting the Sino–African education cooperation and exchange, published between 2005 and 2022.Design/methodology/approachThe methodology used in this paper is qualitative in nature with a thematic approach. The author used content analysis techniques to spotlight the major themes of the topic studied. The author selected the papers and theses, based on their heuristic capacity, from two major databases for the English and Chinese literature: Web of Science and CNKI. The selection process resulted in 60 high-quality peer-reviewed articles and theses. Another 30 research articles and theses were used as supplementary resources.FindingsThe literature concentrates on six points: the historical development, the nature of the exchange, the frameworks of the cooperation, vocational training and knowledge transfer, African students in China and their experiences, and education cooperation and soft power. However, research tends to be somewhat polemical rather than an academic debate between Chinese researchers and their western peers. Therefore, empirical studies beyond the geopolitical preoccupations and the “YEA” or “NAY” to the Sino–African education exchange are critically needed.Practical implicationsThe implications of this study go beyond the east/west or developed/developing world rhetoric and focus more on sustainable educational development on a global scale. Understanding how the literature on the Sino–African education engagement is shaping, provides valuable insights into international education in the global south. It can also be implied to approach educational engagement with other destinations such as India, Türkiye and Brazil.Originality/valueThis thematic literature review concentrates on the educational aspect of Sino–African relations. It compares English and Chinese peer-reviewed scholarly articles and theses on China–Africa educational engagement and has heuristic implications for sustainable educational development globally.","PeriodicalId":44145,"journal":{"name":"Asian Education and Development Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-11-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44274775","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Post-crisis response by Chinese stakeholders to Canadian international education programs: a case study with community-based survey evidence 危机后中国利益相关者对加拿大国际教育项目的回应:基于社区调查证据的案例研究

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Asian Education and Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-11-21 DOI: 10.1108/aeds-02-2022-0013

Yun Liu

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Categorizing older adults' information technology-based learning programs using correspondence analysis 使用对应分析对老年人基于信息技术的学习项目进行分类

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Asian Education and Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-17 DOI: 10.1108/aeds-12-2021-0251

Ha-Yeon Jang, Young-Min Lee

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In search of the intrinsic value of one country two systems: from selective adaptation to normative consensus 寻求一国两制的内在价值：从选择性适应到规范共识

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Asian Education and Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-10-05 DOI: 10.1108/aeds-08-2021-0185

Chao Wang

{"title":"In search of the intrinsic value of one country two systems: from selective adaptation to normative consensus","authors":"Chao Wang","doi":"10.1108/aeds-08-2021-0185","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1108/aeds-08-2021-0185","url":null,"abstract":"PurposeThis article examines the effects and implications of the 2019 social movement in Hong Kong and those of the enactment of the National Security Law (NSL) for Hong Kong for one country two systems (OCTS). It further explores how these factors potentially promote or threaten the intrinsic value of OCTS a normative consensus. It also discusses the factors underpinning the rationale of OCTS as a normative consensus and whether this consensus is inviolable and sustainable.Design/methodology/approachThis article uses the concept of selective adaptation, especially the element of complementarity to explainthe legal behaviour of the Peopleʼs Republic of China (PRC) in relation to Hong Kong and to examine the effects and implications of the 2019 social movement in Hong Kong and those of the enactment of the NSL for Hong Kong for OCTS. It further explores how these factors potentially promote or threaten the intrinsic value of OCTS a normative consensus. It also discusses the factors underpinning the rationale of OCTS as a normative consensus and whether this consensus is inviolable and sustainable.FindingsIt is still possible and feasible for China and the West to work out a normative consensus to sustain and/or restore the core values of Hong Kong – the rule of law, freedom of expression, and political participation – while accommodating the PRC's political concerns about national sovereignty and security. This intrinsic value of OCTS in terms of seeking complementarity and coexistence between the Western liberal norms of governance and Chinese socialist ideology, should be acknowledged and that the OCTS policy should remain in full force to serve as a normative consensus between China and the West, and the feasibility of this proposed normative consensus rests on the PRC's self-interest.Originality/valueThis is one of the very few original research that applies the paradigm of selective adaptation to explain and understand the legal behaviour and phenomenon in relation to PRC's policy towards Hong Kong.","PeriodicalId":44145,"journal":{"name":"Asian Education and Development Studies","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2022-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45143209","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

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Book review: Casino capitalism in Macau: comparison with Las Vegas 书评:澳门的赌场资本主义:与拉斯维加斯的比较

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Asian Education and Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-13 DOI: 10.1108/aeds-10-2022-293

J. Berlie

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Book review: Developing metacognitive teaching strategies through lesson study 书评:通过课程研究发展元认知教学策略

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Asian Education and Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-13 DOI: 10.1108/aeds-10-2022-292

Santosh Jena

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Exploring EFL Students’ Identities and Investment in Higher Education Reform Project: Two Narrative Cases 探究英语学生身份认同与高等教育改革项目投入:两个叙事案例

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Asian Education and Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-09-01 DOI: 10.20849/aes.v7i3.1260

Fei Lou

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A Critical Analysis of the Implementation Process of Education Policy Borrowing: New Curriculum Reform in China 教育政策借用实施过程的批判性分析:中国新课程改革

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Asian Education and Development Studies Pub Date : 2022-08-31 DOI: 10.20849/aes.v7i3.1278

Yueying Wang

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