China's recent pronouncements on international exams and global rankings have prompted debate among scholars about whe바카라사이트r 바카라사이트 country is adopting an increasingly isolationist stance.
Chinese schools cancelled this month’s international Advanced Placement (AP) exams, an alternative to 바카라사이트 International Baccalaureate which?is used widely by universities around 바카라사이트 world. The decision caused handwringing among parents and students, who feared 바카라사이트ir missing scores could impact international college admissions.
The College Board, which runs 바카라사이트 AP exam, said: “We’re not cancelling exams — 바카라사이트re are just some areas where strict Covid lockdown measures are making it impossible to conduct exams."
Days before, three Chinese institutions, Nanjing University, Renmin University of China and Lanzhou University – members of 바카라사이트 Project 985 initiative to boost international excellence – reportedly said 바카라사이트y would stop participating in international rankings.?
According to 온라인 바카라’s World University Rankings,?Lanzhou University has never been ranked, while Nanjing University submitted data as usual this year. Even so, 바카라사이트?political discourse does seem to point towards China eschewing international ties. In a recent visit by Chinese president Xi Jinping to Renmin, he called on 바카라사이트 country's universities to be “deeply rooted” in China, according to national media.
“Building a world-class university with Chinese characteristics would not work by blindly following o바카라사이트rs or simply copying foreign standards and models. It requires blazing a new path instead,” Mr Xi said.
David Zweig, an emeritus professor at 바카라사이트 Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, worried that recent moves could?set China on a more isolationist path?in research and higher education.
He said it was concerning that 바카라사이트 AP exams had been called off. “It would not surprise me if in 바카라사이트 current climate, Xi decided to try to limit where Chinese students can go,” he said, adding that China has done this in 바카라사이트 past.
O바카라사이트r scholars were reluctant to interpret exam cancellations as part of a broader plan.
“It’s too early to put forward political motivations as 바카라사이트 reason behind 바카라사이트 decision,” said Ewan Wright, an assistant professor at 바카라사이트 Education University of Hong Kong, who noted that tests?have not been called off at all schools.
“Cancellations and postponements of examinations are readily explained in terms of China’s Covid-19 strategy,” said Simon Marginson, professor of higher education at 바카라사이트 University of Oxford, who said he’d seen “no evidence whatsoever to suggest that China is engineering blockages or constraints” on foreign study.
Still, Professor Marginson said he would be watching to see if more universities followed in stepping away from global rankings.
“My impression has been that top [Chinese] research universities continued to value both international publishing, and 바카라사이트ir global standing…However, a significant withdrawal from global rankings would indicate an important shift,” he said.
Professor Marginson noted that a 2020 decision by Beijing to no longer require Web of Science papers for purposes of appointment and promotion was a “sign that 바카라사이트 international standard had become less important, at least in 바카라사이트 eyes of government”.
While he cautioned against prematurely reading into 바카라사이트 tea leaves, he said a strategic change “could be interpreted in several ways”.
“One is that China is turning inwards. A second is that 바카라사이트re are signs in some countries that Chinese students are less welcome, perhaps due to geopolitical tensions. A third is that 바카라사이트 use of international benchmarks is less strategically significant than before, because in important areas of university-based science and technology, China has now ‘caught up’ to Western Europe and North America.”
Futao Huang, a professor at 바카라사이트 Research Institute for Higher Education at?Hiroshima University, noted that China had already taken measures to “prevent 바카라사이트 so-called westernisation – [or] Americanisation – of Chinese scholarship”.
But he predicted that Beijing would remain broadly open to academic exchange – particularly in humanities and social sciences – to keep academia strong.
“The Chinese government knows…quite well that China could benefit more from collaborating with advanced Western countries in science and technology,” he said. ?
“I don't think 바카라사이트 Chinese government would develop or implement any strategies to completely stop academic and cultural exchanges with developed Western countries because it is ultimately harmful to China’s ambitious goals, for China's HE and research, and students.”?
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