Why China wants ‘Western-style’ liberal arts education

By Yojana Sharma. As Duke University in the United States prepares to set up an undergraduate liberal arts degree at its campus in Kunshan, China, and with other proposals for liberal arts degrees by foreign universities keen to tap another area of student demand making their way through China's gargantuan approvals system, China’s motivations for setting up ‘experimental’ liberal arts degrees are coming under scrutiny. More...