Foreword: Diversity of Diversity

Abstract

To me, diversity is a concept that evolves over time. I was born in Kunming, China. It was only when I started my doctoral study in London, I realized that diversity is so foreign to my culture. I left Kunming, which is in a province of the greatest ethnic diversity, when I was 1 year old and returned to Chinese societies where the Hans, the majority, shape the culture. When I was five, I moved from Shanghai to Hong Kong where I received my entire schooling.

Citation

Cheng, K.-m. (2012), "Foreword: Diversity of Diversity", Allen, W.R., Teranishi, R.T. and Bonous-Hammarth, M. (Ed.) As the World Turns: Implications of Global Shifts in Higher Education for Theory, Research and Practice (Advances in Education in Diverse Communities, Vol. 7), Emerald Group Publishing Limited, Leeds, pp. xiii-xvii. https://doi.org/10.1108/S1479-358X(2012)0000007002