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    When Globalization Meets Localization

    by C. Chou, G. Ching ...
    Series series Education (R0)
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    Globalization’s Impact

    Edited by J. Palmer, A. Roberts, Y. Cho, G. Ching ...
    Series series Education (R0)
    Develops new and intriguing insights into globalization theory and internationalization practice, expanding the investigation of East Asian values and contexts in comparison and separate from Western-dominant thoughts of globalization and internationalization in higher education. ... Read more

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