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The Nature and Impact of Late Imperial Chinese Academies: A Review of Some Recent Publications in China
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Miles, Steven B. – Frontiers of Education in China, 2015
This review essay analyzes the historiography of Confucian academies ("shuyuan") in imperial China, focusing on five representative books published in China between 2008 and 2014, including two new editions of books originally published in 1995 and 2004. The five authors share a deep concern about the nature of academies, particularly…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Historiography, Confucianism, Asian Culture
China-ASEAN Relations in Higher Education: An Analytical Framework
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Welch, Anthony – Frontiers of Education in China, 2012
China's dramatic economic rise has tended to overshadow other wider perspectives on the developing China and Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) relationship, including in higher education. The article examines contemporary relations between China and ASEAN, set against the longer term development of cultural and trade relations. It is…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Foreign Countries, International Relations, Educational Cooperation
A Textual Research on the First Private University in Modern China
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Tian, Zhengping; Chen, Taolan – Frontiers of Education in China, 2008
Recently there have been many viewpoints as to which private university was founded firstly in modern China. The schools, such as Fudan University (or the former Aurora Academy), Nankai University, China College, Wuchang Zhonghua University, Nanyang College and Zhengmeng Academy are all considered to be the first private university. From two…
Descriptors: Private Colleges, Educational History, Asian History, Foreign Countries
The Function and Significance of Newly Created Ethnic Minority Writing Systems during Cultural Transition: Taking the Hani, Lisu, and Naxi Ethnic Minorities as Examples
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Ma, Xiaoyi – Frontiers of Education in China, 2009
New writing systems for several of China's minority languages were developed and implemented during a unique period in Chinese history. Throughout the different stages of modern Chinese history, these writing systems have had various societal functions and uses, including the improvement of education and literacy for China's ethnic minorities. In…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Written Language, Language Minorities, Ethnic Groups