International mobility and educational desire : Chinese foreign talent students in Singapore /: Chinese foreign talent students in Singapore. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Peidong Yang.
• Authors: Yang, Peidong, 1985-
• Contents: 1. Introduction -- 2. Contexts: Singapore's foreign talent programs and the Chinese middle school as a recruiting ground -- 3. Selecting scholars for Singapore: the SM2 program -- 4. Singlish and the Singaporean: cross-cultural encounter and othering -- 5. Being "very China": self-consciousness and identity transformation -- 6. Desiring an education: scholarly idealism and anti-scholarly entrepreneurialism.
• Publisher Details: New York : Palgrave Macmillan
• Publication Date: 2016
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 378.198; Chinese students -- Singapore; Education, Higher -- Singapore; Education and state -- Singapore; EDUCATION -- Higher; Chinese students; Diplomatic relations; Education and state; Education, Higher; Emigration and immigration; Education; Sociology of Education; International and Comparative Education; Singapore -- Emigration and immigration; Singapore -- Foreign relations -- China; China -- Foreign relations -- Singapore; China; Singapore; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781137591432; 1137591439; 1137591420; 9781137591425
• Related ISBNs: 9781137591425
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed August 9, 2016).
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.