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Among the educational pressures associated with the forces of globalization and modernization experienced by China, the linguistic challenges for schools in ethnic minority areas are particularly daunting.
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Johnson, E., Fu, M., Adamson, B. (2016). Developing Trilingual 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_9
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