Supplementing an uncertain investment? Mainland Chinese students practising English together in Hong Kong

Journal of Asian Pacific Communication

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 9-29

  Gao, Xuesong ^a   Cheng, Huiman ^a   Kelly, Peter ^a  

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EID: 44049100114     PISSN: 09576851     EISSN: 15699838     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1075/japc.18.1.02gao     Document Type: Article

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