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As an ancient Chinese proverb put it, “If you give a man a fish, he will have a single meal. If you teach him how to fish, he will eat all his life.” Teaching the ways of making a living is a universal goal of education not only in ancient China, but also in this fast changing and globalized world.
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Li, J. (2013). Introduction. In: Pre-vocational Education in Germany and China. VS Verlag für Sozialwissenschaften, Wiesbaden. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-531-19440-0_1
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