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Zhou, Minglang – Current Issues in Language Planning, 2005
The People's Republic of China has employed two means of literacy promotion: a campaign approach and a legislative approach to meet the needs of nation-state building through education. From 1949 through to the late 1970s, the campaign approach was motivated by a political rationale, but later an economic rationale also became important. From the…
Descriptors: Language Planning, Literacy Education, Compulsory Education, Minority Groups