As an imprint of Confucian culture, China's education intersects state governance in making and governing educational subjects as 'talent', an official translation of the Chinese term 'rencai' (literally, human-talent). Whereas the English word 'talent' itself denotes '[people with] natural aptitude or skill', 'talent' is currently mobilized in…

This article describes the basic nature of internationalization of higher education and summarizes the status of and path toward internationalization at China's research universities in terms of talent development, curriculum, international mobility of faculty and students, academic research, and international cooperation in administration.…