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education in China
8,000 Students Strike in Hong Kong
More students in Hong Kong gathered for a strike on Tuesday in an attempt to decisively kill the education program that Hong Kong recently backtracked on, and which has been described as brainwashing from communist China.
Students in Rural China Must Bring Own Desks to School
Back-to-school shopping for many rural elementary students means buying desks and chairs.
To Pay for Schools, Chinese Officials Take Money From Teachers
Strapped for cash, a local government in Henan Province is trying to garnish the wages of teachers to build two new schools, and the teachers aren’t happy.
Hong Kong Marches Against Chinese Regime ‘Brainwashing’
Hong Kong residents marched en masse against a planned Chinese national education curriculum that many say would amount to brainwashing in schools.
The Difference Between Chinese and American Education
Unlike in Western countries, students in China do not have the freedom to choose what they want to learn.
Right to Education in Beijing Depends on Residency
Dozens of young children in Beijing staged sit-in protests in front of the Beijing Education Commission building, demanding that they be allowed to go to school.
Chinese College Entrance Exam Participation Falling Sharply
The number of college entrance exam takers in China has fallen by 1.4 million over the past four years.
Naked Four-Year-Old in Blizzard Sparks Child-Rearing Discussion in China
A Chinese man ordered his young son to welcome Chinese New Year by doing push-ups in his underwear during a blizzard.
