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A Chinese university seems to be making a list of LGBT+ students. No one knows what it will do with the information.
A major university with three campuses in Shanghai is making a list of all “non-heterosexual” students, according to a leaked document. Is the school just worried about collective political organizing, or does it want to police the bedroom too?
U.S. granted Chinese student visas at pre-pandemic levels in June
The U.S. issued nearly 34,000 F1 visas in June for Chinese students, about the same level as 2019. It’s not yet clear if the total number of Chinese students for the fall semester will be higher or lower than before the pandemic.
With Confucius Institutes dwindling in the U.S., what’s next for Chinese language education?
“Confucius Institute has become a convenient target under the current tensions between China and the U.S. And the students suffer.”
Shares plunge as Beijing pushes ahead with new rules for education and tech companies
Investors are fleeing Chinese education stocks and pricing in risks across a range of industries as Beijing heats up a long-brewing regulatory storm.
China’s after-school tutoring crackdown goes nuclear
New draft rules circulated today would force China’s private education companies to turn nonprofit. Share prices of tutoring companies plummeted, and some see the end of a highly lucrative industry.
Chicken parenting is China’s helicopter parenting on steroids
Helicopter parents of America may be intense, but their counterpart in China — known as “chicken parents,” named after a traditional Chinese medicine remedy involving the injection of chicken blood — can be just as over-the-top.
China creates dedicated department to regulate private tutoring industry
Will a renewed crackdown and a new government department specifically to regulate commercial education companies kill the booming industry?
Changsha officials give preferential hiring treatment to male teachers because Chinese boys are ‘too effeminate’!
Education officials in Changsha, the capital city of Hunan Province, are defending an extreme hiring preference for male teachers because they say there are too many female teachers and boys need manly role models.
American students at Chinese universities adapt to pandemic fallout
When COVID hit last year, thousands of international students were stranded — both in the U.S. and China. For many of them, it’s been a long road back to where they want to be.
Rural education and gender equity in China
“Gradually, I also realized that to achieve an education is only the first step of the journey toward women’s empowerment. They still face traditional expectations from family and society and still need the continued support of personal and career development,” says Ching Tien, Founder of Educating Girls of Rural China (EGRC).
Educational investment: the next frontier in U.S.-China philanthropy
There is a widespread understanding among donors of the long-term impact of education on China’s prosperity and a commitment to equal opportunity in a country that has recently witnessed growing inequality.
U.S. relaxes COVID travel curbs and lets Chinese students back in
Chinese students are allowed to return to classes in the U.S. — but do they want to?
Kindergarten teacher under investigation after forcing student to smell his foot
Another private school run by the U.S.-listed RYB Education is in the news in China for child abuse after the perpetrator uploaded photos to social media.
China unveils new law against teacher-student ‘romances’ at elementary and secondary schools
New draft rules that ban inappropriate relations between teachers and students have won widespread support on Chinese social media, but critics are unhappy with the description of such relationships as “romances” rather than sexual crimes against minors.
Chinese study abroad facilitator Elite Education debuts on Wall Street with $6 million IPO
Even with harsh border restrictions between the U.S. and China, Elite Education’s IPO indicates that demand for overseas education remains resilient among Chinese youths.
Uncertainty roils Chinese private tutoring industry over feared regulatory crackdown
This is not the first time that China has strengthened its oversight of the private education industry, but the recent crackdown might be more severe than ever.
Five social topics up for discussion at this year’s Two Sessions
Here are five proposals on social issues suggested by delegates to China’s annual Two Sessions political meetings.
How COVID-19 has — and hasn’t — changed Chinese students’ plans for international education
In a world upended by the COVID-19 pandemic, Chinese students are rethinking their education choices. And the decisions they made this year are bound to have far-reaching implications not only for universities in foreign countries, but also for higher education in China, where some say systemic reform is long overdue.
Chinese college comes under fire for rejecting student over visual disability
Despite notable progress in recent years, students with disabilities still face many obstacles in their pursuit of higher education.
