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years after the retrocession of Hong Kong to the People’s Republic of China (PRC), the then Chief Executive aimed to promote the former British colony as ‘Asia’s world city’. The same year, the University Grants Committee echoed this ambition by envisaging the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) as becoming an ‘education hub’ in the region with the main objective of attracting international students for study and work. A few years later, education services were designed as one of the six industries able to propel Hong Kong towards a knowledge-based economy. This paper aims to illustrate the challenges of the former British colony to acquire a strong local academic identity and profile to answer the needs of a knowledge-based society driven by globalisation. These challenges will be scrutinised in the interlinked perspectives of the concepts of higher education (HE) hub and internationalisation of the HE sector in Hong Kong, illuminating local, regional and global concerns. The main conclusion is that oneof the biggest challenges is to strike a balance between forces of globalisation and their consequences upon the Hong Kong community’s needs and enhancing ties with the PRC as stated in the HKSAR policy. So the balance is to be found between (national) convergence and (international/global) engagement. This profile has repercussions for implementing a HE internationalisation policy anywhere in the world.  \nIntroduction  \nAfter Singapore, Malaysia and South Korea, Hong Kong wants to assert itself as a higher education hub in Asia, with the main objective of attracting international students for study and work (Shive, 2010). This follows the global trend of internationalising higher education (HE) . At the same time, HE in Hong Kong is in the midst of reforms to enable mass access to post-secondary education, enhance quality assurance and diversify funding sources. While farreaching reforms are not restricted to the HE sector and answer societal concerns, Hong Kong‟s HE policy and strategy can also be envisaged within the context of Hong Kong‟s reunification to the People‟s Republic of China  \n􀀍Associate-Professor, Coordinator of the European Studies Programme (French stream) , Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong.  \n[https://doi.org/10.30958/aje.1-2-4](https://doi.org/10.30958/aje.1-2-4) doi=10.30958/aje.1-2-4  \n(PRC) seveteen years ago. This paper aims to illustrate the challenges of the former British colony to acquire a strong local academic identity and profile to answer the needs of a knowledge-based society driven by globalisation. These challenges will be scrutinised in the interlinked perspective of the concepts of HE hub and internationalisation of the HE sector in Hong Kong, illuminating local, regional and global concerns.  \nGlobalisation, Knowledge-based Economy, Internationalisation, and Education Hub  \nFor several years now, the process of globalisation and internationalisation, together with the concept of knowledge-based economy, have been recurrently used and analysed in the context of HE worldwide. In this context, globalisation was defined as typically making reference to ‘the broad economic, technological, and scientific trends that directly affect higher education and are largely inevitable in the contemporary world‟ (Altbach et al, 2009: 23) . Knowledge-based economy can be defined as focusing on the heightened role of knowledge in economic practices, with the state investing strategically in value-creating activities characterizing the knowledge economy (Glyn, 2010) .  \nAs a response to the consequences of globalisation, internationalisation of HE is related to the „specific policies and programs undertaken by governments, academic systems and institutions, and even individual departments to deal with globalization ‟ (Altbach, 2006: 123) . Internationalisation may be seen as increasing the process","cbCaiptywjzQzVzw","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiptywjzQzVzw","pdf",491642,12,"English","# Introduction\n## Higher Education hub and internationalisation in Hong Kong\n# Globalisation, Knowledge-based Economy, Internationalisation, and Education Hub","[{\"question\":\"What is the paper’s main purpose?\",\"answer\":\"It illustrates the challenges Hong Kong faces in acquiring a strong local academic identity and profile to meet the needs of a knowledge-based society shaped by globalisation.\"},{\"question\":\"How does the paper define or connect globalisation, internationalisation, and the knowledge-based economy?\",\"answer\":\"It links globalisation to broad economic, technological, and scientific trends affecting higher education, describes the knowledge-based economy as emphasizing the heightened role of knowledge in economic practices, and treats higher education internationalisation as policy and institutional responses to globalisation.\"},{\"question\":\"What balance does the paper identify as the biggest challenge?\",\"answer\":\"Finding a balance between globalisation forces and their effects on Hong Kong community needs, while enhancing ties with the PRC, through national convergence and international/global engagement.\"}]","Higher Education Ambitions and Societal Expectations | PDF",1792075112]