“…The first, as suggested above, lies in Chinese Confucian culture. Confucian values can be likened to the ‘life-blood’ that shapes structures, processes, educational content and inter-personal relations within the education system (Ashwill and Diep, 2005; Hallinger and Truong, 2014; Hallinger et al, 2015; Lan, 2002; London, 2006, 2011; Tran, 2009; Truong and Hallinger, 2015). The second influence is revealed in political-bureaucratic features of the education system, many of which were adopted from the Soviet Union in the post-Second World War era (Duc, 2008; Duggan, 2001; Hallinger and Truong, 2014; Hallinger et al, 2015; London, 2006, 2011).…”