THE Asia University Rankings 2019 | the asia ranking
Browsethe THEAsiaUniversityRankings2019results[1]WhileChina’shighereducationstrategyisoftencharacterisedbyitsfocusoncompetition,witharangeofexcellenceinitiativespouringadditionalfundingintoaselectnumberofinstitutionsoverthepasttwodecades,oneofthemostinterestingrecentdevelopmentsinthenationisaninitiativethatisostensiblyprimarilyaboutcollaboration.TheBeltandRoadInitiative(BRI),announcedin2013,isa£750billionschemetoextendChineseinfluenceacrossAsia,AfricaandEuropethroughoverlandandmaritimetrader...
Browse the THE Asia University Rankings 2019 results[1]While China’s higher education strategy is often characterised by its focus on competition, with a range of excellence initiatives pouring additional funding into a select number of institutions over the past two decades, one of the most interesting recent developments in the nation is an initiative that is ostensibly primarily about collaboration.
The Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), announced in 2013, is a £750 billion scheme to extend Chinese influence across Asia, Africa and Europe through overland and maritime trade routes, infrastructure development and Chinese investment. The Chinese government calls the initiative “a bid to enhance regional connectivity and embrace a brighter future”.
The BRI route takes in about 70 countries, which account for half the world’s population and a quarter of global gross domestic product. More than a quarter of these nations feature in the Times Higher Education Asia Universit...