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The sponsorship of Canadian Studies in China emerged in an era when the Canadian government was involved in a wide-ranging effort to link Canadian and Chinese universities as part of a development program aimed at upgrading China’s human resources to meet the challenges of an open globalized economy. Canadian studies emerged alongside these university linkages as part of development assistance and helped to rebrand Canada as a model of academic excellence. Canadian studies in China was also seen as an aspect of Canada’s cultural diplomacy and a factor in maintaining Canada’s image as a model from which other countries could learn. Canadian studies in China survived the loss of significant funding in 2012, and remains a thriving academic subfield with participating institutions across China.
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Paltiel, J. (2019). Canadian Studies in China: Dividends from a Near-Forgotten Age of Hope and Opening. In: Brooks, S. (eds) Promoting Canadian Studies Abroad. Palgrave Macmillan Series in Global Public Diplomacy. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-74027-0_5
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