Quality assurance in Chinese higher education

Research in Comparative and International Education

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 58-76

  Li, Yuan ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 77955159282     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17454999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2304/rcie.2010.5.1.58     Document Type: Article

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