Nation-Building and Curriculum Reform in Hong Kong and Taiwan
@article{Hughes1999NationBuildingAC, title={Nation-Building and Curriculum Reform in Hong Kong and Taiwan}, author={Christopher R. Hughes and R. Stone}, journal={The China Quarterly}, year={1999}, volume={160}, pages={977 - 991} }
Recent changes in the relationships of Hong Kong and Taiwan to mainland China have presented education policy-makers in both territories with problems of reforming school curricula in areas of teaching that are important for the formation of national identity. While both territories are subject to claims that they are part of China, both have also been separated from the Chinese mainland for long periods, and in recent years their relationships with it have been undergoing fundamental changes…
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