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Nine Year Compulsory Education in a National Minority Area Zhaojue County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan

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Zhaojue County lies 100 km east of Xichang, the capital of Yi Autonomous Prefecture in Sichuan Province and is located in the rugged and under developed Liangshan Mountains south of Yuexi County, north of Jinyang, Butuo and Puge County.

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Wang, L., Lewin, K. (2016). Nine Year Compulsory Education in a National Minority Area Zhaojue County, Liangshan Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan. In: Two Decades of Basic Education in Rural China. New Frontiers of Educational Research. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-2120-6_4

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