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In this paper, we draw on 23 in-depth interviews with Chinese students to explore this question, showing how the perception of Portuguese-language learning and practice at Lusophone Higher Education Institutions (e.g., in Portugal, Macao, Angola, and Brazil) represents a decisive trigger for studying abroad, and an alternative strategy for acquiring linguistic capital in a non-dominant language in which skills can be converted into competitive resources on future professional paths. We conclude by arguing for the need to address this blind spot in transnational student mobilities, and by positioning \u201clanguage acquisition and proficiency\u201d as a structuring dimension, not just of the processes by which students decide to move, but also of their imaginaries of preparedness for their future career trajectories.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.1163\/17932548-12341490","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2023,11,7]],"date-time":"2023-11-07T05:31:56Z","timestamp":1699335116000},"page":"248-268","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":1,"title":["Transnational Mobility of Chinese Students in Portuguese-Speaking Countries: The Role of a Non-hegemonic Language"],"prefix":"10.1163","volume":"19","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-0002-6246","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"Sofia","family":"Gaspar","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"ISCTE \u2013 Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL), Centro de Investiga\u00e7\u00e3o e Estudos de Sociologia Lisboa Portugal"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0001-6893-3606","authenticated-orcid":true,"given":"\u5fb7\u660e","family":"\u9a6c","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Centro de Estudos Internacionais, ISCTE \u2013 Instituto Universit\u00e1rio de Lisboa (ISCTE-IUL) Lisboa Portugal"},{"name":"Centro Cient\u00edfico e Cultural de Macau (CCCM)"},{"name":"Funda\u00e7\u00e3o para a Ci\u00eancia e a Tecnologia (FCT) Lisboa Portugal"}]}],"member":"374","reference":[{"key":"R000001","series-title":"Introduction to Migration Studies","first-page":"179","article-title":"Student Mobilities","author":"Alves, Elisa","unstructured":"Alves, Elisa and Russell King. 2022. \u201cStudent Mobilities.\u201d In Introduction to Migration Studies, ed., Peter Scholten, pp. 179\u2013189, Chapter 11, IMISCOE Research Series, https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1007\/978-3-030-92377-8_11#DOI."},{"key":"R000002","series-title":"Onward Migration and Multi-Sited Transnationalism","first-page":"1","article-title":"Onward Migration and Transnationalism: What Are the Interconnections?","author":"Ahrens, Jill","unstructured":"Ahrens, Jill and Russell King. 2023. \u201cOnward Migration and Transnationalism: What Are the Interconnections?\u201d In Onward Migration and Multi-Sited Transnationalism, eds., Jill Ahrens and R. 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