Why and how international students choose Mainland China as a higher education study abroad destination

2016/10/03 by M. A. Jiani · 208 citations
Social Sciences · #China #Economic growth #Economics #Geography #Global Education and Multiculturalism #Government (linguistics) #Higher Education Governance and Development #Higher education #International Student and Expatriate Challenges #International education #Mainland #Mainland China #Political science #Public relations #Quality (philosophy) #Study abroad

paper · doi:10.1007/s10734-016-0066-0

published in Higher Education 74(4), 563-579 (Springer Science+Business Media)

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