Open AccessInternational Education: The Pandemic’s Panacea
Author(s) -
Leigh Lawrence
Publication year - 2020
Publication title -
journal of the british association for chinese studies
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 2048-0601
DOI - 10.51661/bjocs.v10i0.112
Subject(s) - panacea (medicine) , diaspora , pandemic , china , political science , prejudice (legal term) , chinese education , international education , covid-19 , development economics , economic growth , sociology , public relations , higher education , medicine , law , economics , alternative medicine , disease , pathology , infectious disease (medical specialty)
This article presents the author's opinions on the importance of Chinese studies as a subset of international education during the ongoing global pandemic. This paper acknowledges the important role of international education in dispelling prejudice or xenophobic discourse towards China or the Chinese diaspora stemming from the pandemic.