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For more than three decades, Gerard A. Postiglione has witnessed the globalization of education and society in Hong Kong, China and the wider Asian region. His research emphasizes the diversity and complexity of the region, from studies of education and the academic profession during Hong Kong¿s retrocession, to reform of ethnic minority education and the rise of world class universities in the Chinese mainland, as well as the complexity of ma...

Hong Kong has arguably one of the best higher education systems in the world. At the heart of this system, and indeed of any system, is the academic profession. The Changing Academic in Hong Kong provides a convincing and multifaceted analysis of the professoriate. This book is essential for understanding Hong Kong's success--and it has lessons for a broader understanding of the academic profession. Philip G. Altbach, Research Professor, Bost...

This title was first published in 1992: Explores the implications of the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997 to the People's Republic of China and the political, economic and cultural impact of the social transition on education.

Explores the implications of the transfer of sovereignty over Hong Kong in 1997 to the People's Republic of China and the political, economic and cultural impact of the social transition on education.

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This volume focuses on policies and practices in the education of China's national minorities with the purpose of assessing the goals and impact of state sponsored education for China's non-Han people's. The essays in the four sections of this book examine cultural challenges to state schooling, the extent of educational provision in minority areas, the perspectives of Tibetan and Uyghur minorities toward state education, along with providing ...

Market reform and other factors have accentuated China's social and regional inequalities. Education was expected to address these inequalities, but some argue that state policies have not sufficiently addressed them. This book examines this argument through analysis of selected aspects of educational stratification in China during the reform era.

This book examines the present education system in Hong Kong. It presents readers with background material for understanding more about the characteristics of Hong Kong education, as well as social and organizational perspectives that will contribute to informed discussion about key educational issues facing Hong Kong educators.

Market reform, financial decentralization, and economic globalization have accentuated China's social and regional inequalities. But some argue that state policies have not sufficiently addressed inequitable practices. This work examines the argument through analysis of selected aspects of educational stratification in China during the reform era.

The issues surrounding Hong Kong's global position and international links grow increasingly complex by the day as the process of Hong Kong's transformation from a British colony to a Chinese Special Administration Region unfolds. This volume addresses a number of questions relating to this process. How international is Hong Kong? What are its global and international dimensions? How important are these dimensions to its continued success? How...

First Published in 1999. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.

A collection of essays exploring the issues surrounding Hong Kong's position in the move from British colony to a Chinese Special Administration Region. Among issues considered are: relations between mainland China, Taiwan and Hong Kong, Americanisation vs Asianisation, strategies to emigrate overseas and universities within the global economy.

This paperback reader provides the student and general reader with easy access to the major issues of the Hong Kong transition crisis. Contributors include both editors, along with a range of specialist writers.