China’s TVET Programme Collaborations: A Critical Analysis

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China launched the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI) in 2013. Eventually, BRI faced a lot of criticism and backlash in many countries. In order to minimise the growing criticism, China in 2016 initiated Technical Vocational Education and Training (TVET) programme collaborations. On the face of it, TVET programmes provide professional training to students and faculty for a certain time period. However, the TVET sector has become another platform for Chinese soft power diplomacy. The article aims to critically analyse the TVET program collaborations of China.

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Eddula Varshitha is a postgraduate in Politics and International Relations, from Pondicherry University. She is a research intern at Indian Council of World Affairs, Sapru House, New Delhi. Her research interests are China’s political economy, India-China trade relations and Indo-Pacific. She is an avid traveller and a blogger

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