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Foreword - David Crystal Chapter 1 - Introduction: The Apex of 'theThird Wave' - English Language across Greater China - Anwei FENG Part I -Sociolinguistic Profiles of Countries and Regions across Greater ChinaChapter 2 - The English language in China: A sociolinguistic profile -Jeffrey GIL and Bob ADAMSON Chapter 3 - English-knowing bilingualism inSingapore: Economic pragmatism, ethnic relations and class - T. Ruanni F.TUPAS Chapter 4 - English language in Taiwan: An examination of its use insociety and education in schools - Irene Wen-ling CHEN and Jessie Ju-ChenHSIEH Chapter 5 - Improving the standards and promoting the use of English inHong Kong: Issues, problems and prospects - David C.S. LI Chapter 6 - Englishuse and education in Macao - Ming Yee Carissa YOUNG Part II - Convergence andDivergence of English Language Use and Education in Different Regions inMainland China Chapter 7 - The 'English Curriculum Standards' in China:Rationales and issues - Xiaotang CHENG Chapter 8 - Primary school Englishteaching in South China: Past, present and future - Yuefeng Zhang and JinjunWANG Chapter 9 - English immersion in China - Haiyan QIANG, Xiaodan HUANG,Linda SIEGEL and Barbara TRUBE Chapter 10 - Family background and Englishlearning at compulsory stage in Shanghai - Weicheng ZOU and Shaolin ZHANGChapter 11 - Economic development and the growing importance of the Englishlanguage in Guangxi - Binlan HUANG Chapter 12 - Trilingual education policyideals and realities for the Naxi in Yunnan - Dongyan Ru BLACHFORD and MarionJONES Chapter 13 - Learning English as L3 by Uyghur students in Xinjiang: Ablessing in disguise? - Mamtimyn SUNUODULA and Anwei FENG