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Tackling rural-urban inequalities through educational mobilities: rural-origin Chinese academics from impoverished backgrounds navigating higher education

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Pages 179-202 | Received 06 Mar 2020, Accepted 08 Jun 2020, Published online: 22 Jun 2020

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