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As a double-edged sword, higher education has emerged for China as a fulcrum of its geo-intellect as well as a statecraft instrument. Geo-intellect connotes the expansion of a country’s frontiers of higher education and research in different geographies, which in China’s case is a subset of its global power project. As a form of statecraft, on the other hand, higher education is a channel for advancing national interests whether related to public diplomacy or specific geopolitical and geo-economic goals. South Asia is no exception to China’s outreach in the realm of higher education through which Beijing seeks to accomplish its statecraft mission. Against this background, this analysis delineates China’s explicit and implicit goals and interests in Nepal, a South Asian country, by employing the Educational Soft Power Model.
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