Finding a Chulu (Way Out)

Rural-origin Chinese Students Studying Abroad in South Korea

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ID2913854
AuthorsShanshan Lan (0000-0001-5960-8238, Department of Anthropology at the University of Amsterdam, corresponding author)
Year2021
Volume94
Issue4
Pages661-681
Publication date2021-12-01
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenuePacific Affairs (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0030-851X • E-ISSN: 1715-3379
PublisherPacific Affairs (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.5509/2021944661
OpenAlexW4200599366
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited7

Based on multi-site research in China and South Korea, this paper examines the motivations for rural-origin Chinese students to study abroad in South Korea and how their overseas experiences are mediated by both internal and international educational hierarchies. Existing literature on transnational student mobility from Asia mainly focuses on students from urban middle-class backgrounds, while little attention has been paid to students from less advantaged backgrounds. Scholars have noted that China's seemingly meritocratic gaokao (national college entrance exam) policy in reality functions to perpetuate the structural marginalization of rural students in its educational system. This research moves beyond the internal migration paradigm by examining how social inequalities associated with the rural/urban divide are reproduced and re-articulated by the intersection of class, gender, place of origin, and time management at the transnational scale

China · Class (philosophy · Economic growth · Economics · Geography · Inequality · Intersection (aeronautics · Meritocracy · Political science · Sociology · Gender Studies · Global Educational Reforms and Inequalities · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy · Socioeconomic Development in Asia

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