China's Going Global Strategy through Academic Collaboration in ASEAN: A comparative Study

This study investigates the achievements and challenges of China's higher education going global: China's universities are transforming from traditional inward to outward in the context of the "Belt and Road" Initiative(BRI). The establishment of overseas campuses has become the most typical output, especially in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN). The research questions is: How can BRI bring new life into higher education with China and ASEAN/ The aim of this study is to investigate the evidence from practices of the policy related to campuses of China's universities in ASEAN and find possible ways to add new life. Based on policy tools theory, this study examines the policy and practices of overseas expansion of higher education in ASEAN. A comparative case study of Xiamen University Malaysia and the University of Nottingham Malaysia Campus, both of which are two of the most representatives According to the theoretical analysis of policy tools, it can be concluded that universities in China currently lack demand-side and environmental side policy tools in the policy of going global strategy. Employing the policy tool analysis model, this study concludes that the BRI serves as a link for all-round cooperation between China and ASEAN. Regarding higher education cooperation with ASEAN, it is necessary to establish more cooperation memorandums of different mechanisms and educational and cultural exchanges to better assist more universities in China's going global strategy. This study matters on policy analysis in the field of overseas education, especially reflections on higher education cooperation between China and ASEAN.