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Youth Unemployment Rate in China Increases With a Record Number of College Graduates

Youth Unemployment Rate in China Increases With a Record Number of College Graduates

David O’Neill Asia, Hot Trend, Opinion

China is paradoxically entangled with an increasing youth unemployment rate and a shortage of workers, all the while producing the highest number of college graduates in its history. China has gone through numerous educational policy developments, especially since Deng Xiaoping opened the country’s economic door to foreign businesses in 1978. At the core, the policies have been deeply impacted by the country’s pursuit of rapid economic growth, and more recently, of a global foothold in science and technology. Accordingly, the government has pushed for having a higher percentage of its…

U.S. Universities To Divest Endowments From Chinese Entities

U.S. Universities To Divest Endowments From Chinese Entities

Joshua Gallagher Hot Trend, U.S.

A bill has been drafted in congress to push universities to divest their endowments from Chinese entities suspected of involvement in human rights violations. As a potential superpower, China has been attempting to extend its global influence with soft and hard power. The country’s attempt to spread its language and culture, as a part of its soft power, in the U.S. through Confucious Institutes has mostly been curtailed since 2018 with the growing anti-China sentiment under the Trump administration. On the other hand, its hard power has surprisingly been more…

Japanese Version of China Initiative Raises Questions for Universities

Japanese Version of China Initiative Raises Questions for Universities

Joshua Gallagher Asia, Grad Schools, Hot Trend

Earlier last month, Japan’s parliament passed an economic security bill to increase government oversight of science and technologies. Of the four broad areas the law is set to cover, securing and protecting research data and patents on advanced technologies is one of them. The Japanese government primarily introduced the law following its closest ally — the United States — to decouple technologically with China for security purposes. With the physical realization of Russia’s increasing aggression on the world stage through its invasion of Ukraine, the parliament had another great cause…

Problems With Teaching Chinese Politics

Problems With Teaching Chinese Politics

Lauren Robinson Asia, Opinion

For any political science major, there is always time and place to learn about Chinese politics. China is such a huge part of global politics, and to not teach about Chinese politics in a political science course would be like teaching a physics course without algebra. Sometimes colleges require certain majors to take a mandatory course on Chinese politics because of how influential it is to international politics. However, it has become increasingly difficult to have an objective view of China without offending Chinese international students or hiring a professor…

University Rankings and the Shortage of Chinese International Students

University Rankings and the Shortage of Chinese International Students

EduTimesAdmin Asia, Rankings, U.S.

For the first time since 2010, the number of Chinese international students in the US have dropped. According to Statista, the number of Chinese students attending US universities dropped from 372,532 to 317,299 students. More Chinese international students left the US or graduated than the ones that enrolled to US universities in 2021. This is troubling universities across the US who highly rely on international students to finance their university budget. Essential Revenue from Chinese International students US universities are expense, even for US citizens. The average yearly tuition for…

Censorship in Hong Kong — From Internet to Academics

Censorship in Hong Kong — From Internet to Academics

David O’Neill Asia, Featured, Opinion

Although it falls under the Chinese administrative region, the city of Hong Kong operates quite differently than China due to the “one country, two systems” policy. Such disparity in operations, ranging from internet access to the education system, led the city to have an uncommon relationship with the mainland. However, the policy seems to be nearing its expiration date, and that deeply worries Hong Kong citizens who are not used to China’s strict censorship. The Great Firewall China’s strict internet censorship is known as the Great Firewall, a wordplay of…