HKALE, 88, 131

HKCEE, 4–5, 85, 88, 102, 129–132, 135–136, 210

Hong Kong

education system, 134–135, 164

government reports, 96

households, 77, 106, 142, 144

IELTS, 30, 36, 39, 97

immigrant students, 5, 137, 143, 148, 154, 157

immigration. See also migration

age of participants at, 132

Business Immigration Program, 94, 138

family histories, 93

financial calculation, 137

policies, 5, 19, 49, 52, 70, 94

timing of, 130–132, 210

insecurity, 7, 79, 91, 109, 199

international education

future trends in, 16, 23, 212–215

international school, 58, 67, 97–101, 125, 142, 143

international students

recruitment of, 33, 35, 53, 69, 74, 208

internationalisation, 15–16, 23, 27–28, 31, 33, 36–40, 46–57, 61–67, 71–75, 182, 207–208, 213, 215

internationalism, 22, 30, 37, 45–46, 75

knowledge-based economy (KBE), 162, 189–190, 206, 212

labour market, 8, 17, 84, 90, 137, 153–154, 175, 189, 199, 205, 211–212

locally educated, 2, 24, 168

Mandarin, 107, 148, 162, 170, 172

MBA, 3, 5, 32–34, 48, 63, 71–73, 78–79, 168–169, 172–173, 190, 198–206, 212

meritocracy, 7, 133

methodology

interviews, 14–15, 78, 116, 119, 154, 161

qualitative, 14, 47

middle-class, 10, 12–13, 16, 24–26, 77–79, 82–83, 85, 88, 91–92, 97, 99–100, 102, 106, 108–111

migration, 1, 5, 10–13, 17, 26, 31, 36, 40, 49–50, 52–53, 63, 70, 77, 85, 88–89, 93–95, 103–104, 109–110, 121, 124–125, 128–132, 134, 136–138, 140–143, 145–147, 157, 160–161, 167–168, 171, 173, 210–211

neoliberalism, 25–26, 34, 46–48, 53–55, 57, 59, 64, 72, 208

New Zealand, 6, 13, 16, 24, 27, 29–31, 33, 38, 93, 123–124, 143, 157, 167, 182, 209, 213

OECD, 5, 27, 36–37, 88

offshore schools, 58–63, 208

parental

choice, 25, 120–121

involvement, 106

pressure, 126

positional advantage, 17, 81, 137, 173, 189–191, 203, 205–206, 211–212

schooling, circuits of, 115

segregation, 148–149