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The Contribution of International Aid to the Development of Basic Education in Western China

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Educational Development in Western China

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A basic education of nine years (Grades 1–9) was made compulsory in China’s Education Law of 1995 (Article 18) and stated that “Citizens shall have equal opportunity of education regardless of their nationality, race, gender, occupation, property or religious belief etc.” (Article 9).

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  1. School of Education and Associate Fellow, England

    Bernadette Robinson

  2. China Policy Institute, School of Contemporary Chinese Studies, University of Nottingham, England

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  1. The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, China

    John Chi-Kin Lee

  2. Southwest University, Chongqing, China

    Zeyuan Yu

  3. The University of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China

    Xianhan Huang

  4. The Hong Kong Institute of Education, Hong Kong, China

    Edmond Hau-Fai Law

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Robinson, B. (2016). The Contribution of International Aid to the Development of Basic Education in Western China. In: Lee, J.CK., Yu, Z., Huang, X., Law, E.HF. (eds) Educational Development in Western China. SensePublishers, Rotterdam. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6300-232-5_18

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