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Unfulfilled Promise of Educational Meritocracy? Academic Ability and China’s Urban-Rural Gap in Access to Higher Education

Angran LiDepartment of Sociology, University of Connecticut, USACorrespondence[email protected]
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Pages 115-146 | Received 14 Aug 2018, Accepted 31 Dec 2018, Published online: 23 Apr 2019

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