Chinese language education policies in the Arabian Gulf: new players, discourses and linguistic markets
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[1] Royal Commission for Yanbu Colleges and Institutes, Yanbu, Saudi Arabia
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- Localización: Journal of multilingual and multicultural development, ISSN 0143-4632, Vol. 46, Nº. 1, 2025 (Ejemplar dedicado a: Chinese language education policies in the Arabian Gulf: New players, discourses and linguistic markets), págs. 1-9
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Resumen
This Special Issue (SI) aims to frame and examine the rising interest in Chinese language education policies in the six oil-rich Arabian Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) countries, which consist of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Bahrain, Oman, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE). Grounded in a Critical Cultural Political Economy of Education (CCPEE) approach [Robertson, S. L., and R. Dale. 2015. “Towards a ‘Critical Cultural Political Economy’ Account of the Globalising of Education.” Globalisation, Societies and Education 13 (1): 149–170. https://doi.org/10.1080/14767724.2014.967502], it investigates how the growing number of degree programmes and courses in the Chinese language as well as activities promoting Chinese culture, with generous logistic, financial, and administrative support from the GCC governments, are played out within particular ‘education ensembles’. It also explores the types of socio-material practices and discourses that are deployed by different players—governments, universities, schools, business industries, teachers, learners, researchers, and investors—to index the value of Chinese and Chinese language education
