The first comprehensive book to cover the whole sweep of twentieth-century Chinese education.

Competition and Compassion in Chinese Secondary Education examines the nature of academic competition in Chinese schools and documents its debilitating effects

This book is a social and political history of the struggle for literacy in rural China from 1949 until 1994. It aims to show how China's revolutionary leaders

In this book an international group of scholars examines China's acceptance and ultimate rejection of Soviet models and practices in economic, cultural, social,

Serves to provide readers with an international understanding of how researchers and practitioners in different countries address some essential issues and init