{"id":434657,"date":"2026-08-24T17:25:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-24T09:25:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/?post_type=tnc_col_19837_item&#038;p=434657"},"modified":"2026-08-24T18:31:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-24T10:31:02","slug":"conceptualizing-the-second-education-circuit-for-chinas-doctoral-students-in-asia","status":"publish","type":"tnc_col_19837_item","link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/scholarly-work-usj\/conceptualizing-the-second-education-circuit-for-chinas-doctoral-students-in-asia\/","title":{"rendered":"CONCEPTUALIZING THE SECOND EDUCATION CIRCUIT FOR CHINA\u2019S DOCTORAL STUDENTS IN ASIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>THE QUEST TO BECOME RESEARCH UNIVERSITIES OF INTERNATIONAL REPUTE HAS LED FLAGSHIP UNIVERSITIES IN EAST AND SOUTHEAST ASIA TO DEVELOP A NEW FOCUS ON ATTRACTING INTERNATIONAL DOCTORAL STUDENTS. THIS PAPER AIMS TO UNDERSTAND CHINESE DOCTORAL STUDENTS\u2019 MOBILITY IN THE IMMEDIATE REGION AND THEIR EDUCATION TO WORK PERCEPTIONS. THE STUDY DRAWS FROM A SAMPLE OF 301 DOCTORAL STUDENTS FROM CHINA WHO WERE STUDYING AT FIVE UNIVERSITIES IN JAPAN, SOUTH KOREA, AND SINGAPORE. ANALYSIS ON STUDENTS\u2019 DECISION MAKING AND AFTER-STUDY PATHWAYS HIGHLIGHTS THE REGIONAL EXCHANGE IN RELATED AREAS. WE ARGUE THAT THIS REGIONAL MOBILITY OF DOCTORAL STUDENTS, CHARACTERIZED AS THE SECOND EDUCATION CIRCUIT, IS FACILITATED BY A HIGHER EDUCATION MIGRATION INFRASTRUCTURE WITH THREE INTERACTIVELY WEAVED DIMENSIONS: COMMERCIAL, SOCIAL, AND REGULATORY. THE RESEARCH FINDINGS SUGGEST THE GROWING IMPORTANCE OF ASIA AS A REGIONAL SECOND CIRCUIT OF DOCTORAL TRAINING FOR STUDENTS FROM CHINA.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","format":"standard","class_list":["post-434657","tnc_col_19837_item","type-tnc_col_19837_item","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tnc_tax_19818-english","tnc_tax_19716-school-of-education","tnc_tax_19659-journal-article"],"taxonomy_info":[],"featured_image_src_large":false,"author_info":[],"comment_info":0,"featured_img":false,"coauthors":[],"author_meta":{"author_link":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/author\/emilychan\/","display_name":"emily chan"},"relative_dates":{"created":"Posted 4 \u5929 ago","modified":"Updated 4 \u5929 ago"},"absolute_dates":{"created":"Posted on 24 8 \u6708, 2026","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026"},"absolute_dates_time":{"created":"Posted on 24 8 \u6708, 2026 5:25 \u4e0b\u5348","modified":"Updated on 24 8 \u6708, 2026 6:31 \u4e0b\u5348"},"featured_img_caption":"","tax_additional":{"tnc_tax_19993":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"tnc_tax_19993","name":"SDGs"},"tnc_tax_19818":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/language\/english\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENGLISH<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">ENGLISH<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19818","name":"LANGUAGE"},"tnc_tax_19716":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/faculty-research-unit\/school-of-education\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">SCHOOL OF EDUCATION<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">SCHOOL OF EDUCATION<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19716","name":"FACULTY \/ RESEARCH UNIT"},"tnc_tax_19664":{"linked":[],"unlinked":[],"slug":"tnc_tax_19664","name":"SUBJECT"},"tnc_tax_19659":{"linked":["<a href=\"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/resource-type\/journal-article\/\" class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Journal Article<\/a>"],"unlinked":["<span class=\"advgb-post-tax-term\">Journal Article<\/span>"],"slug":"tnc_tax_19659","name":"Document Type"}},"series_order":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item\/434657","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/tnc_col_19837_item"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=434657"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item\/434657\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":435147,"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tnc_col_19837_item\/434657\/revisions\/435147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/library.usj.edu.mo\/zh\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=434657"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}