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Author Li, Hongshan.

Title U.S.-China educational exchange : state, society, and intercultural relations, 1905-1950 / Hongshan Li
Published New Brunswick, NJ : Rutgers University Press, ©2008

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Description 1 online resource (viii, 284 pages)
Contents Introduction: educational exchange and government -- Emerging as facilitator -- Tearing down the barriers -- Qinghua: the first joint experiment -- From central administration to party control -- Maintaining the educational front -- From expansion to termination -- In a historical perspective -- Epilogue: restoring educational relations with the visible hand
Summary U.S.-China relations became increasingly important and complex in the twentieth century. While economic, political, and military interactions all grew over time, the most dramatic expansion took place in educational exchange, turning it into the strongest tie between the two nations. By the end of the 1940s, tens of thousands of Chinese and American students and scholars had crisscrossed the Pacific, leaving indelible marks on both societies. Although all exchange programs were terminated during the cold war, the two nations reemerged as top partners within a decade after the reestablishment o
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
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Subject Educational exchanges -- United States
Educational exchanges -- China
EDUCATION -- Aims & Objectives.
HISTORY -- World.
Educational exchanges
International relations
SUBJECT United States -- Relations -- China
China -- Relations -- United States
Subject China
United States
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780813543925
0813543924
1281397164
9781281397164