English as a Global Language in China

This book offers insight into the spread and impact of English language education in China within China's broader educational, social, economic and political changes. The author's critical perspective informs readerson the connections between language education and political ideologies in the context of globalizing China. The discussion ofthe implications concerning language educationis of interest for current and future language policy makers, language educators and learners. Includingboth diachronic and synchronic accounts or China's language education policy, this volume highlights how China as a modern nation-state has been seeking a more central positionglobally, and the role thatEnglish education and the promotion of such education played in that effort in recent decades.