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Book Chapter: China, ethnic autonomous regions
Title | China, ethnic autonomous regions |
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Authors | |
Keywords | Chinese autonomous regions -- Encyclopedias. Multicultural education -- China -- Encyclopedias. |
Issue Date | 2012 |
Publisher | SAGE Press |
Citation | China, ethnic autonomous regions. In Banks, JA (Ed.), Encyclopedia of diversity in education, v. 1, p. 339-340. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Press, 2012 How to Cite? |
Abstract | China is almost unique in the way diversity in education is both permitted and circumscribed in specific regions of the country. The central government's historical narrative is that ethnic autonomous regions have always been an inalienable part of China because the majority Han Chinese have always lived in these lands. It is a narrative that undercuts any claim of denial of indigenous rights. This entry discusses ethnic autonomous regions in the context of the debate in China about ethnic diversity in education. China's special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao, populated by the Han majority, have a degree of autonomy in education that far exceeds anywhere else in the country, with the possible exception of Taiwan. For example, Chinese students there can, if they choose, study through the medium of English, Cantonese (a dialect of Chinese), standard Chinese (Putonghua) , or even attend an international school and study through ... |
Persistent Identifier | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/165994 |
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DC Field | Value | Language |
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dc.contributor.author | Postiglione, GA | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-09-20T08:26:16Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2012-09-20T08:26:16Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2012 | en_US |
dc.identifier.citation | China, ethnic autonomous regions. In Banks, JA (Ed.), Encyclopedia of diversity in education, v. 1, p. 339-340. Thousand Oaks, Calif.: SAGE Press, 2012 | en_US |
dc.identifier.isbn | 9781412981521 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10722/165994 | - |
dc.description.abstract | China is almost unique in the way diversity in education is both permitted and circumscribed in specific regions of the country. The central government's historical narrative is that ethnic autonomous regions have always been an inalienable part of China because the majority Han Chinese have always lived in these lands. It is a narrative that undercuts any claim of denial of indigenous rights. This entry discusses ethnic autonomous regions in the context of the debate in China about ethnic diversity in education. China's special administrative regions of Hong Kong and Macao, populated by the Han majority, have a degree of autonomy in education that far exceeds anywhere else in the country, with the possible exception of Taiwan. For example, Chinese students there can, if they choose, study through the medium of English, Cantonese (a dialect of Chinese), standard Chinese (Putonghua) , or even attend an international school and study through ... | - |
dc.language | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | SAGE Press | en_US |
dc.relation.ispartof | Encyclopedia of diversity in education | en_US |
dc.subject | Chinese autonomous regions -- Encyclopedias. | - |
dc.subject | Multicultural education -- China -- Encyclopedias. | - |
dc.title | China, ethnic autonomous regions | en_US |
dc.type | Book_Chapter | en_US |
dc.identifier.email | Postiglione, GA: gerry@hku.hk | en_US |
dc.identifier.authority | Postiglione, GA=rp00951 | en_US |
dc.identifier.hkuros | 206237 | en_US |
dc.identifier.volume | 1 | - |
dc.identifier.spage | 339 | - |
dc.identifier.epage | 340 | - |
dc.publisher.place | Thousand Oaks, Calif. | - |
dc.customcontrol.immutable | yiu 130925 | - |