Interview with Dr. Gyal Lo: Tibetan Children Are Becoming “Strangers in Their Own Homes”
In 2021, Tibet Action Institute (TAI) published a groundbreaking report exposing the extensive use...
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Chinese Schooling, Tourism, and Language Contribute to Cultural Erasure of Tibet
Earlier this month, a massive earthquake struck Tibet and severely damaged numerous monasteries and nunneries. Recent media articles since then have highlighted other ongoing threats to Tibetan culture from the Chinese...
“Left-Behind Youth” Murder Spurs Reflection on “Teaching Hatred”
If you or someone you know is in crisis, please call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline at 1-800-273-8255 in the United States, or find local resources in the International Suicide Prevention Wiki. The murder of a...
Cost of Raising Children in China is World’s Second Highest
China’s population decline looks set to continue despite the possibility of a traditional Dragon-Year “baby bump” and signs of a post-pandemic uptick in marriage rates after nine successive years of decline. A recent report from...
Hong Kong Judge Convicts Authors of Children’s Books for Sedition (Updated: 19-Month Sentence)
Space for free expression in Hong Kong continues to shrink. On Wednesday, a judge convicted five speech therapists of sedition after they published a series of illustrated children’s books. On Saturday, the judge sentenced each...
“Racism for Sale” Investigation Rekindles Debate Over Exploitation in China-Africa Relationship
This week, BBC Africa Eye released a documentary titled “Racism for Sale,” an investigation by Runako Celina and Henry Mhango into the Chinese video-making industry built on the exploitation of vulnerable Africans. Celina and...
China’s Latest School Reform Law Puts the Onus on Parents to Reduce Student Burnout
China’s education reform drive is now targeting parents. A new law passed by the National People’s Congress Standing Committee will hold parents legally responsible for reducing their children’s homework and tutoring burdens....
China Restricts Minors To Three Hours Of Online Gaming Per Week
This week, China extended restrictions on minors’ screen time. New regulations issued by the National Press and Publication Administration will limit minors’ online gaming to only three hours per week: one hour from 8:00-9:00...
English Takes a Backseat to Xi Jinping Thought
China’s nearly 300 million students will be studying “Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era” this coming school year, according to guidelines published by the Ministry of...
China Plans New Rules to Curtail After-School Tutoring, Target Academic Pressure Amid Scandals
The Chinese government is reportedly set to announce new rules to significantly curtail the operations of after-school tuition centers, in an effort to reduce skyrocketing academic competition and pressure on Chinese students....
New Regulations to Protect Students from Predators, Sleep Deprivation, Inharmonious Politics
In the wake of China’s annual “Two Sessions” meetings in Beijing, the Ministry of Education has announced a slew of new regulations aimed at protecting children’s physical, mental, and political health....
Sex Education Textbooks Spark Controversy
A series of sex education textbooks used in elementary schools in China has triggered a debate...
China’s Schools Block Creative Thinking
While she commends the Chinese educational system for its knowledge-based teaching in subjects...
China’s Bizarre School Rules Under Fire
No “very close relationships” between students of the same sex? A 50cm minimum...
Tiger Mother, Meet Wolf Dad
After Amy Chua’s “Tiger Mother” prompted a wave of debate on parenting when it hit Chinese bookshelves in January, a Hong Kong businessman hailing himself as the “wolf dad” has seen his own...
Public Schools Woo Foreign Students to Boost Ranks
American colleges have already started to widely recruit overseas in China, but now it seems that American high schools are also hoping to attract more students from China. From Yahoo News: Northern Maine is 7,000 miles and a...
China’s Love Affair With The Piano
From BBC News: An outbreak of piano fever has struck China, with conservative estimates suggesting 30 million Chinese children are learning the instrument and the number set to rise dramatically over the next few years. As the...
Chinese American Students And The Communication Gap
From Sing Tao Daily via New America Media: At the end of his first day of school in 1995, Xiaohua Zhang, a nine-year boy who had recently immigrated from China, told his mom cheerfully, “My classmates gave me a new English name...
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