title: International nursing exchange and collaboration with China: a perspective from the South and the East.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  There are an imbalanced world power relationships and international knowledge system, as well as cultural differences across nations.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Based on the author's international experiences, this article describes the needs and motivations of international exchange and collaboration in nursing from the perspective of both China and Western countries, examines the ethical and cultural issues involved, and suggests winning strategies.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Western educators and scholars must keep these issues and strategies in mind in order to build a productive, mutually beneficial, and sustainable international exchanges and collaboration.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Nevada Las Vegas, Las Vegas, NV 89154-3018, USA. yu.xu@unlv.edu
authors.forename: Yu
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Xu
mesh_terms: D002681:China; D003299:Cooperative Behavior; D003469:Culture; D006801:Humans; D007393:International Educational Exchange; D038622:Internationality; D016746:Transcultural Nursing / Q000193:education* / Q000941:ethics*; D019366:Western World