Contents -- Contributors -- Foreword -- Chapter 1 Introduction: The Apex of 'the Third Wave' - English Language across Greater China -- Part 1 Sociolinguistic Profiles of Countries and Regions across Greater China -- Chapter 2 The English Language in Mainland China: A Sociolinguistic Profile -- Chapter 3 English-knowing Bilingualism in Singapore: Economic Pragmatism, Ethnic Relations and Class -- Chapter 4 English Language in Taiwan: An Examination of its Use in Society and Education in Schools -- Chapter 5 Improving the Standards and Promoting the Use of English in Hong Kong: Issues, Problems and Prospects -- Chapter 6 English Use and Education in Macao -- Part 2 Convergence and Divergence of English Language Use and Education in Different Regions in Mainland China -- Chapter 7 The 'English Curriculum Standards' in China: Rationales and Issues -- Chapter 8 Primary School English Language Teaching in South China: Past, Present and Future -- Chapter 9 English Immersion in Mainland China -- Chapter 10 Family Background and English Learning at Compulsory Stage in Shanghai -- Chapter 11 Economic Development and the Growing Importance of the English Language in Guangxi -- Chapter 12 Trilingual Education Policy Ideals and Realities for the Naxi in Rural Yunnan -- Chapter 13 Learning English as a Third Language by Uyghur Students in Xinjiang: A Blessing in Disguise? -- Index.