ABSTRACT
A large number of Chinese students are currently studying overseas especially in English-speaking countries such as Australia and the United Kingdom. Research in the areas of international students and Chinese students include topics such as learning styles and coping with differences (Bochner 1986; Catterall 2003; Chung, Kelliher and Smith, 2006). However, supervising Chinese higher degree research (HDR) students has not generally been the subject of extended discussion in the literature on international students. Singh (2009: 185) describes the lack of knowledge of Chinese research students among Western supervisors as ‘cross-cultural ignorance’.
