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Kenneth King
University of Edinburgh
Kenneth King was the director of the Centre of African Studies and professor of international and comparative education at the University of Edinburgh until 2005. He spent a year in the University of Hong Kong, 2006/7 as distinguished visiting professor in the Schools of Education, and of Arts. He is now emeritus professor in the School of Education and also of social and political sciences
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China and India's Higher Education Cooperation with Africa: Cultural Diplomacy and Soft Power
May 7, 2021 | 9:00 AM
Associated Edited Volumes: 5
Southern actors such as China and India share a similar discourse about their cooperation with Africa. This is widely referred to as South-South Cooperation. This claims to be very different from traditions of North-South Cooperation. This Southern rethinking of 'aid' to Africa will be examined, along with the main modalities that China and India have used to deliver their support to higher education. One shared dimension of this cooperation is the offer of training to African students in China and India, respectively. One element that differs in China and India's cooperation is that China offers to many African countries the chance to study Chinese, through its Confucius Institutes, of which there are over 60 in different African countries. Attention will be paid to how the pandemic has altered these traditions of higher education cooperation.
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