Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore, within the context of developing Sino‐UK educational relationships, the evolution of a specific partnership, that between Tianjin Business School, Tianjin University of Commerce, Tianjin, and Salford Business School, University of Salford,...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to explore challenges and opportunities in knowledge management (KM) research trends in China. Design/methodology/approach – The literature review presents the status quo of China KM research from a world‐wide perspective and China's economy today....