Asian Students Abroad: Missing the Boat of Adaptation?
Asian international students in the ‘West’ are often represented as deficient Others whose adaptation to the new environment is problematic. Framed within a Confucian heritage culture, some participants who are reported to lack interaction with locals bec
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Xianlin Song Youzhong Sun Editors
Transcultural Encounters in Knowledge Production and Consumption
Encounters between East and West Intercultural Perspectives
Series editors Fred Dervin, Helsinki, Finland Tinghe Jin, London, UK
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Editors Xianlin Song University of Western Australia Perth, WA Australia
Youzhong Sun Beijing Foreign Studies University Beijing China
ISSN 2364-6721 ISSN 2364-673X (electronic) Encounters between East and West ISBN 978-981-10-4919-4 ISBN 978-981-10-4920-0 (eBook) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-4920-0 Jointly published with Higher Education Press Library of Congress Control Number: 2017945239 © Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. and Higher Education Press 2018 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publishers, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publishers, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publishers nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. The publishers remains neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. The registered company address is: 152 Beach Road, #21-01/04 Gateway East, Singapore 189721, Singapore
In memory of our colleague Regis Machart (1968–2016)
Foreword
What is the antidote to a world where increasingly it is professed as acceptable to deal with difference by building walls, making simplistic vulgar threats, and shouting without discrimination in 140 characters? A book about the challenges of understanding and comprehension explored through the lens of dialogue, indeed transcultural dialogue, between people who are passionate to understand and willing to admit their inherent structural biases. East Meets West: Transcultural Encounters in Knowledge Production and Consumption is unapologetically challenging. It needs to be read carefully and often the reader has to go back and reread
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