CHINESE SCHOLARSHIPS AND EDUCATION FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDENTS: TARGETED TOOLS FOR GREATER CHINA’S USE OF SOFT POWER
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The objective of this research is to evaluate the effectiveness of provision of Chinese scholarships for international students as tools for implementing China’s soft power. The research sample consisted of 34 foreign students who came from different countries, with different educational qualifications and different scholarship sources. The research explored their attitudes toward the People’s Republic of China and compared the attitudes of the students who received scholarships from different sources. The findings from qualitative research showed that the research sample group did not give importance to the issue of implementing China’s soft power via the provision of Chinese scholarships. However, the findings from quantitative research showed that the research sample group had increased their positive attitudes toward China, especially their attitudes toward the culture and education of China which affected their advices to their close friends to further their study in China. This research has presented the issue of the strategy for creating China’s soft power via the issue of provision of educational scholarships. The research findings suggest that even if the students do not perceive the process of creating soft power, they still are influenced by their scholarship experience in terms of their positive attitudes toward China.
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