Yijun Yang is Lecturer in the School of Teacher Education in Jiangsu University, China. She obtained her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research interests include comparative education, vocational education, and the history of education. She has published several articles on educational policy transfer and China’s vocational education.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Theoretical Foundations.- Chapter 3. Setting the Context: China before 1895.- Chapter 4. Attraction to Japan: Transition in the Late Qing Dynasty.- Chapter 5. Decision-Making: Establishing Japanese-Style Education in China.- Chapter 6. Implementation and Localisation of Japanese-Style Vocational Education in China.- Chapter 7. Reframing Policy Transfer.- Chapter 8. Conclusion.

Yijun Yang is Lecturer in the School of Teacher Education in Jiangsu University, China. She obtained her PhD in Education at the University of Sydney, Australia. Her research interests include comparative education, vocational education, and the history of education. She has published several articles on educational policy transfer and China’s vocational education.

• Chapter 1. Introduction.- Chapter 2. Theoretical Foundations.- Chapter 3. Setting the Context: China before 1895.- Chapter 4. Attraction to Japan: Transition in the Late Qing Dynasty.- Chapter 5. Decision-Making: Establishing Japanese-Style Education in China.- Chapter 6. Implementation and Localisation of Japanese-Style Vocational Education in China.- Chapter 7. Reframing Policy Transfer.- Chapter 8. Conclusion.