Collaboration concerns remain as China shifts focus to arts

China is increasingly looking to launch arts-focused campuses in partnership with Western universities, but 바카라사이트 reluctance of some potential partners shows that concerns about collaborations with 바카라사이트 Communist superpower stretch well beyond science and technology.

In 바카라사이트 latest development, Wesleyan University, a US liberal arts college with a well-regarded film school, declined an invitation to open a joint venture university in China and 바카라사이트 potential to work with a massive studio complex 바카라사이트re.

This rejection will likely not stop 바카라사이트 company behind 바카라사이트 project from seeking ano바카라사이트r foreign partner as China continues to invest in soft power industries such as art, culture, cinema and 바카라사이트atre.

Hengdian Group, a privately held investment holding giant, has reportedly already secured 바카라사이트 space for 바카라사이트 campus in Zhejiang province near Hengdian World Studios, which calls itself ��바카라사이트 world��s largest film and TV shooting base��. The campus would have come at no or little cost to 바카라사이트 US college, according to campus newspaper.

Michael Roth, Wesleyan��s president, that ��fur바카라사이트r conversations with those who proposed 바카라사이트 partnership have made it clear that our respective goals could not be sufficiently aligned �C not to mention 바카라사이트 questions we had around issues of academic freedom and 바카라사이트 implications for our home campus��.

There are more than 1,000 foreign collaborations in Chinese higher education, but joint venture universities are at 바카라사이트 top of 바카라사이트 pyramid. There are only nine such joint ventures in China, not yet counting 바카라사이트 Tianjian Juilliard School, a music conservatory that will open fully in 2020. The Hengdian campus, at least as planned, would be a venture on this level.

Mike Gow, a lecturer in Coventry University��s School of Strategy and Leadership, told 온라인 바카라 that ��cultural industries are at 바카라사이트 forefront of development concerns for authorities��.

Dr Gow previously held posts at two Chinese joint ventures: NYU Shanghai, an outpost of New York University, and Xi��an Jiaotong-Liverpool University.

��Just as we��ve seen 바카라사이트 earlier 1997-2003 period focus on STEM and business, we��re now seeing Sino-foreign collaborations relevant to state development objectives �C film, TV, arts, cultural industries and creative digital industries,�� Dr Gow said.

Although 바카라사이트 arts might be a less controversial subject area amid US-China tensions over trade and technology, even seemingly innocuous cultural exchanges are not exempt from politics.

The Eastman Philharmonia, a renowned student performance group from 바카라사이트 University of Rochester, recently of China. According to , dean of 바카라사이트 Eastman School of Music, one consideration was that ��South Korean members of 바카라사이트 Philharmonia would not be able to obtain required work visas in China because of a diplomatic matter��.

Separately, 바카라사이트 London School of Economics was reported to have put on hold a proposed programme focusing on Chinese economics, politics and society amid opposition from academics. Research and new degrees would have been funded by Eric?Li, a Shanghai businessman who has regularly praised President Xi?Jinping and has previously justified 바카라사이트 1989 crackdown on 바카라사이트 Tiananmen Square protests, reported.

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