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The power of positional competition and market mechanism: a case study of recent parental choice development in China

Xiaoxin Wu English Department, Foreign Languages College, Guangxi University, Nanning, P.R.ChinaCorrespondence[email protected]
Pages 595-614 | Received 26 Nov 2007, Accepted 18 Mar 2008, Published online: 17 Nov 2008

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