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NEW GENERATION OF KAS-FELLOWS 2016/17 CHOSEN

20 STUDENTS OF SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY OF INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS AND ECONOMIC CHOSEN

On 26th September 2016 KAS | Shanghai awarded sur-place scholarships to master students of Shanghai University of International Business and Economics (SUIBE) for the academic year 2016/17.

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The scholarship program of KAS | Shanghai provides financial and ideational supports to talented SUIBE students. As part of the program insights into the challenges for further economic development of the Greater Shanghai Region are given through study trips to Chinese and international companies. Furthermore KAS Shanghai provides a personal development workshop.

This year 51 students applied for the program. The students were asked to write an essay on one of the given topics:

1. Chinese companies going abroad: prospects for Chinese outbound investment in times of a volatile market environment.

2. The German-Chinese Year of school and youth exchange 2016 - promising pathway to enhance mutual understanding in German-Chinese relations?

3. The future of global investment of new emerging powers - strategies, implications and effects for developing countries.

30 candidates were invited to an interview with staff members of KAS | Shanghai and SUIBE professors, to explain their findings on the chosen topic in detail. They had to answer questions on the work of the Konrad-Adenauer-Stiftung in China and on the political and economic perspectives for China, too.

20 applicants were awarded with a sur-place scholarship. After the interviews an awarding ceremony took place, during which, Tim Wenniges, director of the KAS | Shanghai, handed over certificates to the students.

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