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Very Tall Female Young Adults Tended to Be Smokers: A Large-Scale Exploratory Cross-Sectional Survey of 26,405 College Students in China
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Yanqiu Yu; Joseph T. F. Lau; Jvhua Li; Phoenix K. H. Mo; Jibin Li; Yonghua Chen; Le Ma – Journal of American College Health, 2024
Objective: This study investigated the sex-specific prevalence of smoking (past 30 days) and the associations with height among university/college students. Participants: 25,405 (11,579/14,826 males/females) college students in Xi'an China. Methods: A cross-sectional, self-administered survey. Results: The male and female prevalence of smoking…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Gender Differences, Incidence
Western Perceptions of Hong Kong Ten Years on: A Corpus-Driven Critical Discourse Study
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Cheng, Winnie; Lam, Phoenix W. Y. – Applied Linguistics, 2013
This article studies the Western perceptions of and relations with Hong Kong a decade after the reversion of the sovereignty from Britain to China in 1997. Previous studies have demonstrated that the West had a significantly negative view on the future of Hong Kong with respect to the handover. According to recent observations, however, the…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Discourse Analysis, Comparative Analysis, Computational Linguistics
First Time Facilitator's Experience: Designing and Facilitating an Action Learning Programme in China
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Wang, Jinshuai; Bloodworth, Mike – Action Learning: Research and Practice, 2016
This paper describes an action learning programme with China Unicom Broadband Limited (CUBO) to support its vision of transforming to become a world-leading broadband communications and information service provider. 64 Department directors and supervisors were invited to take part in the "China Unicom Broadband Online Phoenix Action Learning…
Descriptors: Facilitators (Individuals), Experiential Learning, Leadership Training, Program Design
Vocational Education and Training for a Global Economy: Lessons from Four Countries
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Tucker, Marc S., Ed. – Harvard Education Press, 2019
"Vocational Education and Training for a Global Economy" investigates the greatly varying ways in which four countries--Singapore, Switzerland, China, and the United States--prepare young people for the twenty-first-century workplace. The book looks first at the highly successful vocational education and training (VET) systems in…
Descriptors: Vocational Education, Global Approach, Foreign Countries, Comparative Education
A Businessman's Guide to the Economic Geography and International Trade of the People's Republic of China: A Selected Annotated Bibliography.
Sanchez, James Joseph, Comp.; Madden, Gregory J., Comp. – 1985
Intended to support undergraduate curricula in international business, this annotated listing cites English-language materials dealing mainly with international trade and the economic geography of China. Also included are materials dealing with demography, public health, historical geography, and the geography of cities. All materials included are…
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Business, Business Education, Higher Education
Higher Education as an Immigration Path for Chinese Students and Scholars
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Pang, Bangchen; Appleton, Nicholas – Qualitative Report, 2004
The purposes of this study were to identify and describe the factors that influenced the choices made by mainland Chinese students and scholars to come to the United States, to identify and describe the factors that influenced their settlement in the United States, and to identify and describe the role that higher education played in this process.…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Social Organizations, Metropolitan Areas, Foreign Countries