Emergence of private schools in China: Context, characteristics, and implications

Education and Reform in China

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages 44-63

  Lin, Jing ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

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EID: 84920762779     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.4324/9780203960950     Document Type: Chapter

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