Abstract: What are the goals of international Chinese education? Some valuable possible answers are the following: the acquisition of Chinese language proficiency, the construction of communicative ability, the realization of economic interests, and the spread of Chinese culture. However, a series of questions appear: How shall we deal with the relations between these goals? Is there any goal that is more important than these ones? What is the core that goes through these goals? International Chinese education is by no means a simple way for language teaching or cultural dissemination. We can do more than strengthening Chinese economy and enhancing China’s international political status through international Chinese education. In essence, international Chinese education is a sort of “international understanding education” based on language proficiency training. It is a process which can affect “emotional geopolitics” and it should be an important power which can create emotional communication in the international society.