In line with what Australian policymakers are now calling the “Asian Century”, China has become Australia's chief partner in cooperation among students and academics in what is being referred to as “knowledge partnerships”. A report released last week by Universities Australia, an umbrella organisation of Australian universities, said that the country has 39 universities that have formal agreements with Chinese partner institutions. The number of university agreements between the two countries has increased by almost 75 per cent in less than ten years, rising from 514 to 885, reports China View