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13 - Development of Creativity Research in Chinese Societies

A Comparison of Mainland China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, and Singapore

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

Weihua Niu
Affiliation:
Pace University
James C. Kaufman
Affiliation:
California State University, San Bernardino
Robert J. Sternberg
Affiliation:
Yale University, Connecticut
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