International Mobility and Educational Desire

International Mobility and Educational Desire Synopsis

This book examines the Singapore government's controversial practice of recruiting students from China and granting them full scholarships on the condition of a service "e;bond"e;. It offers detailed ethnographic accounts of the Chinese "e;foreign talent"e; students' educational and cross-cultural experiences in Singapore to illustrate the complex intersections between international mobility and educational desire. In doing so, the book presents contemporary Singapore society's concerns over immigration and cross-cultural encounters from a unique perspective.