This book offers insights into the exciting dynamics permeating creative
arts education in the Greater China region, focusing on the challenges
of forging a future that would not reject, but be enriched by its
Confucian and colonial past. Today's 'Greater China' - comprising China,
Hong Kong, Macau and Taiwan - has grown into a vibrant and rapidly
transforming region characterized by rich historical legacies, enormous
dynamism and exciting cultural metamorphosis. Concomitant with the
economic rise of China and widespread calls for more 'creative' and
'liberal' education, the educational and cultural sectors in the region
have witnessed significant reforms in recent years. Other factors that
will influence the future of arts education are the emergence of a 'new'
awareness of Chinese cultural values and the uniqueness of being
Chinese.