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China-Australia education sector takes hit amid trade row, survey shows
More than 80 per cent of companies in the China-Australia education sector say bilateral tensions have hurt business over the past year, according to a new survey.
Hong Kong media and education sectors should also be 'governed by patriots,' top Beijing official says | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
A top Beijing official says the principle of “patriots governing Hong Kong” extends to the judiciary, the education sector and the media, in addition to public officials. Xia Baolong, director of China’s Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office, also took specific aim at three democrats currently in custody accused of national security law offences — […]
Let them in: foreign students locked out of China deserve compassion
Beijing’s strict policies, part of its war on Covid-19, have affected thousands of international students hoping study in China. Online learning can never replace the hands-on experience and cultural understanding from studying in another country.
'Our souls are dead': how I survived a Chinese 're-education' camp for Uighurs – podcast
After 10 years living in France, I returned to China to sign some papers and I was locked up. For the next two years, I was systematically dehumanised, humiliated and brainwashed
Shenzhen Introduces 7-Day Trial Period for Early Education Classes
Authorities hope the new rule will deter parents from making impulsive decisions when enrolling their kids in extracurricular courses.
How I survived a Chinese 're-education' camp for Uighurs
The long read: After 10 years living in France, I returned to China to sign some papers and I was locked up. For the next two years, I was systematically dehumanised, humiliated and brainwashed
Chinese online education app Zuoyebang raises $1.6 billion from investors including Alibaba
The rivalry between China’s top online learning apps has become even more intense this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The latest company to score a significant funding round is Zuoyebang, which announced today (link in Chinese) that it has raised a $1.6 billion Series E+ from investors including Alibaba Group. Other participants included returning […]
US, Taiwan join forces to launch education project - Taipei Times
The US and Taiwan yesterday launched a new bilateral education initiative that American Institute in Taiwan (AIT) Director Brent Christensen said was aimed at expanding access to Mandarin and English-language instruction and safeguarding academic freedom. At a ceremony at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Taipei for the US-Taiwan Education Initiative, Christensen said that it would “highlight Taiwan’s important role in providing Chinese-language instruction to Americans and to people around the world, and seeks to expand Taiwan’s influence in this area.” As part of the initiative, the AIT and the Taipei Economic and Cultural Representative Office in Washington on Wednesday signed a
Policy Address 2020: Hong Kong education to instil Chinese belonging and identity; quality of teachers to be 'enhanced' | Hong Kong Free Press HKFP
The Education Bureau will focus on bolstering national security education and monitoring the quality of the city’s teachers, while e-learning funding is set to be boosted, Chief Executive Carrie Lam announced during Wednesday’s policy address. Schools should implement educational activities on the importance of national security and One Country Two Systems in order to instil […]
TikTok owner ByteDance launches education technology brand Dali for China
Beijing-based ByteDance announced a standalone education technology (edtech) brand Dali for the Chinese market on Thursday, becoming another major tech player looking to capitalise on the sector's boom driven by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chinese online tutoring start-up Yuanfudao raises $2.2 billion, values firm at $15.5 billion
Beijing-based education technology startup Yuanfudao said on Thursday that it has secured $2.2 billion from major Chinese and international investors in two recent rounds of financing that it said lifts the company's valuation to $15.5 billion.
Chinese live tutoring app Yuanfudao is now worth $15.5 billion – TechCrunch
Yuanfudao, a homework tutoring app founded in 2012, has raised $2.2 billion from investors, surpassing Byju’s as the most valuable edtech company in the world. The Beijing-based company is now worth $15.5 billion dollars, almost double its valuation set in March. The company views the new cap…
Beijing wrestles for control of Hong Kong’s classrooms
Authorities are investigating schoolteachers for stirring up their pupils
China Unveils Plan to Improve Vocational Education
As the country’s economy continues to recover from COVID-19, authorities are hoping a vocational education push now will bring relief to impoverished communities down the road.
AI expert Zhu Songchun to return to China from US
UCLA professor’s switch to Peking University comes as Beijing seeks to make country a global leader in the field.
Students protest against campus lockdowns citing lack of virus cases
Academic year starts in China with school restrictions, rigid management and student protests igniting social media.
Parents Keep Children Home As China Limits Mongolian Language In The Classroom
As it has long done with the Tibetan and Uighur languages, Beijing is reducing instruction in Mongolian in favor of Mandarin Chinese in ethnic Mongolian areas of the country.
Chinese e-learning company iHuman files for U.S. IPO
E-learning company iHuman Inc filed for a U.S. listing on Tuesday, joining a string of recent initial public offerings by Chinese firms even as tensions between Beijing and Washington escalate.
U.S.-China rivalry reaches into North Carolina classrooms
Rising tensions between the two global superpowers place Confucius Institutes under more scrutiny, with local...
China’s ‘purification’ of classrooms: A new law erases history, silences teachers and rewrites books
China's crackdown on Hong Kong is purging teachers, rewriting textbooks and increasing pressure on schools over what to put in the minds of students. A new national security law has endangered freedom of thought and expression.