This book provides a fresh and unique overview of the modernization and internationalization of Chinese higher education, focusing on Chinese higher education from 1949 to 2018. It presents the Ontological Positivism Model (Conceptualization-Explicit-Formal-Share), concentrating on concepts of Chinese higher education.

Foreword.- Acknowledgements.- Section 1 Ontological Framework of Chinese Characteristic Higher Education.- Chapter 1 Introduction on Ontological Dimension.- Chapter 2 Comparing Western and Eastern Ontological Philosophy of Higher Education.- Chapter 3 Ontologically Conceptualizing Chinese Characteristic Higher Education.- Section 2 Epistemological Framework of Chinese Characteristic Higher Education.- Chapter 4 Mapping Chinese Characteristic Higher Education.- Chapter 5 Chinese Characteristic Education Strategy (1949-2018).- Chapter 6 Chinese Characteristic Talent Cultivation.- Chapter 7 Chinese Characteristic Leadership & Management.- Chapter 8 Chinese Characteristic Instructions and Curriculum.- Chapter 9 Trends and Implications of Chinese Characteristic Higher Education Reform.- Chapter 10 Issues and Strategy of Chinese Characteristic Faculty Academic Innovation.- Section 3 Conceptualizing and Contextualizng Chinese Characteristic Higher Education: Interviews of Chinese Experts.- Chapter 11 Conceptualizing and Contextualizing Chinese Higher Education: Interviews with Experts.