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The Politics of Financing Education in China

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Tingjin Lin explores the conflict between self-interest and the provision of equality of opportunity facing educators in China. Provincial leaders prove reluctant to equalize education when doing so means sacrificing their future promotion.

Authors and Affiliations

  • Institute of Urban Development Studies, Nanjing, China

    Tingjin Lin

  • University of Finance and Economics, China

    Tingjin Lin

About the author

Dr Tingjin Lin is Jiangsu Distinguished Professor of Public Administration and Dean of Institute of Urban Development Studies, Nanjing University of Finance and Economics, China. He also serves as an adjunct research fellow at the Nanyang Centre for Public Administration, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. He was a Fulbright Scholar at the Fairbank Centre for Chinese Studies, Harvard University, USA. His research focuses on public management and administration in China, specializing in public finance and public services delivery in China, fiscal behaviours of Chinese local government, and local political elites in China. His articles have appeared in China: an International Journal, Asia Pacific Journal of Education, and Chinese Society and Education.

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