'Wishing for dragon children': Ironies and contradictions in China's education reform and the Chinese diaspora's disappointments with Australian education

Australian Educational Researcher

Volumn 31, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 29-44

  Wu, Jianguo ^a   Singh, Michael ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN SYDNEY   (Australia)

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EID: 5044227737     PISSN: 03116999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03249518     Document Type: Review

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