《Chinese Students in Japan A Win-Win Situation》.pptVIP

Chinese Students in Japan: A Win-Win Situation David Zweig Chair Professor, Division of Social Sciences Director, Center on China’s Transnational Relations and Han Donglin Ph.D. Student, Division of Social Sciences Hong Kong University of Science and Technology CCTR Workshop on “Sino-Japanese Relations” 5 September 2007 Key Questions Do contemporary student exchanges promote Sino-Japanese relations? How extensive are interactions between Chinese returnees and Japan? Which returnees interact with Japan and why? What resources and information are transferred between the two countries? Overseas Study and Attitudes Towards Japan Does studying in Japan affect how Chinese feel about Japan? Does one’s attitude about Japan vary by locality in China? Does how one feels about Japan affect one’s willingness to carry out exchanges with Japan? Does Studying in Japan Affect Returnee’s Lives? How important is the Japanese experience to a returnee’s life? Do returnees really confront an unemployment problem? Does overseas study enhance Chinese youths’ job opportunities after they return? Research Design and the Data Set 22 interviews carried out in three Chinese cities: Dalian, Guangzhou and Nanjing 21 interviews in Japan with Chinese living in Tokyo, Osaka and Kyoto Funding from JETRO (Hong Kong) Research Design and the Data Set, II Key information for this study comes from survey in late 2006 and early 2007 carried out by The Ministry of Education’s Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange(CSCSE--中国留学服务中心) drew on list of 6,806 returnees who had registered with CSCSE they found 3,003 of them telephoned and asked if they would fill out the questionnaire 2,940 agreed to their request and we received 1,478 responses Characteristics of the Data Women ? 41% 1/2 of returnees work in academia or research 1/2 in businesses of whom 1/2 work in Japanese firms or Japanese joint ventures. 27% are members of a political party and 73% reported no party affiliation. W