Bridging the East and West dichotomy: Harmonising Eastern learning with Western knowledge

Education Reform in China: Changing concepts, contexts and practices

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 224-242

  Xu, Shijing ^a,b  

^a BEIJING FOREIGN STUDIES UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR   (Canada)

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