Abstract
For a long time, China’s social scientists with a research interest in Chinese society have conducted their research merely within the country. This, however, might prove inadequate as China, now part of a closely interconnected world, interacts with the rest of the world in a way that is different from the Western society, presenting new materials for researchers. Some scholars have called for a shift of attention from “the civil society” to “the outside world” and advocated a closer look at the world after opening up to it (Gao Bingzhong 2009, 2010, 2014). Others proposed using the “outside world” as a mirror to “examine ourselves,” to better know ourselves through China’s going-global process. Only by a comparison with societies that are different from us in cultures and structures, can we fully and objectively understand ourselves. China is connected with the world in such aspects as economy, trade, political diplomacy, cultural exchanges, immigration, technology transfer, and foreign aid. Among them, foreign aid involves economics, politics, nations, individuals, technology, and culture, and thus makes an “ideal” object of study. What’s equally important is that the current international aid environment makes it significant and possible to compare, reflect, transform and innovate China’s foreign aid. With the transition of some aid receivers to aid givers, the concept of international aid has shifted from the “aid effectiveness” to “development effectiveness.” The conclusion of the Millennium Development Goals was followed by the Post-2015 Development Agenda. In this context, due to the difference in concepts, models and characteristics between China and the traditional Western aid projects, China’s foreign aid has attracted worldwide attention and discussions and became the focus of studies on international aids.
Training is doubtlessly a gradual process of making a positive impact. The locals do need the assistance from China, the help of experts with technical training and agricultural improvement. This will give them a favorable view of China, of the sincerity and kindness of the Chinese people. They will feel China is indeed an advanced country.
—Leader of an ATDC expert group in country T
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Source: The ATDC Project Operation Scheme.
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Source: The ATDC Project Operation Scheme.
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Source: “Program for the Sustainable Development of China’s Agricultural Aid Projects in Recipient Countries” drafted by the company ZY and approved by the Ministry of Commerce and the Ministry of Agriculture.
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Li, X. et al. (2022). Closing-Gap Experience Sharing in Foreign Aid: A Learning Process Based on Construction and Embedding. In: Chinese Agricultural Technology Aid in Africa. China and Globalization 2.0. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-16-9396-0_3
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