Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Arts, Design and Contemporary Education (ICADCE 2017)

China's Higher Education Partnership with Africa As a Tool of Public Diplomacy of the People's Republic of China

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Anastasia Zabella
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Anastasia Zabella
Available Online May 2017.
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10.2991/icadce-17.2017.184How to use a DOI?
Keywords
Forum on China-Africa Cooperation; the 20 plus 20 scheme; Confucius Institutes; public diplomacy
Abstract

Education cooperation is perceived as a key element to boosting the comprehensive partnership between China, the world's largest developing country, and Africa, the continent with largest number of developing countries. The article highlights the main elements of China's investment in human resource development on the African continent. It includes assessments of several long-and short-term training programs, the 20 plus 20 scheme, and the Confucius Institutes. In particular, the article highlights the importance of public diplomacy to China. The article affirms that the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC) plays an indispensable role in China-Africa collaboration, which includes educational cooperation between the countries and represents a new model of South-South multilateral relations. The author calls upon China and African countries to broaden cooperation in the sphere of education.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Arts, Design and Contemporary Education (ICADCE 2017)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
May 2017
ISBN
978-94-6252-368-5
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/icadce-17.2017.184How to use a DOI?
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© 2017, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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