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Redefinition of International Classes in Public High Schools in China

The Case of Chengdu

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Internationalization in Chinese secondary education originated as a solution to educational placement of expatriate children of foreign cultural background living in China with their parents. Following implementation of the Open-Door Policy there were no appropriate schools for these children and at first private schools were engaged in the internationalization process, with the first international school built in the 1980’s in Shanghai.

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  1. Faculty of Education, Sichuan Normal University, China

    Li Rui

  2. Faculty of Education, Sichuan Normal University, China

    Zheng Fuxing

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    Indika Liyanage

  2. Sichuan Normal University, China

    Badeng Nima

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Rui, L., Fuxing, Z. (2016). Redefinition of International Classes in Public High Schools in China. In: Liyanage, I., Nima, B. (eds) Multidisciplinary Research Perspectives in Education. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-615-6_10

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