China now our top university partner

China has overtaken the United States as Australia's biggest "knowledge partner" for the first time.
A Universities Australia study of the links institutions here have with those overseas found the connections with China have increased by 72 per cent since 2003.
With 885 university agreements with Chinese institutions now, that country overtook the US (with 876 links) as Australia's leading partner.
The study found Australian universities continued to strongly pursue partnerships around the globe, with a 28 per cent jump in formal agreements since 2008. Read more...