The Douban comment was not inflammatory. In fact, it didn’t even betray an overt opinion. But for censors, it was too much. “A note for posterity: this will be Inner Mongolia’s last Mongolian-language gaokao,” it read. Censors...
In recent weeks, Tibet-focused media outlets have reported that Tsewang Norbu, a popular young singer, died after self-immolating in front of the Potala Palace in Lhasa. CDT was unable to independently confirm the reports and...
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....
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media and internet companies by government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source. 2021/9/14...
In recent days, a number of major state and Party media outlets have simultaneously republished a relatively obscure essayist’s screed on sissy-boy celebrities, get-rich-quick capitalists, and lessons that the collapse of the...
University students in Zhejiang clashed with police officers after kidnapping their principal in an attempt to block a merger with a technical college. Mass protests on college campuses are exceedingly rare in China. Although...
After weeks of wall-to-wall advertising, the Hong Kong government celebrated its newly created “National Security Education Day” on Thursday. The New York Times’ Vivian Wang described how the day unfolded:...
Emotion recognition technology is being marketed globally as the next frontier of facial recognition, with proponents claiming it particularly well-suited for two starkly different environments: schools and prisons. In the...
The Hong Kong Government has introduced comprehensive guidelines to securitize the city’s schools in line with the National Security Law, in a move aimed at quashing political dissent in the education system and...
Parents angered over proposed changes to the admissions standards for universities, which they...
The following censorship instructions, issued to the media by government authorities, have been...
In the New York Review of Books, NYU professor of education Diane Ravitch counters concerns from...
The South China Morning Post reports that writer and columnist Cao Baoyin was detained by police...
At The New York Times, Didi Kirsten Tatlow spoke with Yong Zhao, professor of education at the...
As a new school year begins, China’s education gap remains sizable despite recent reform...
Joseph Stiglitz at The Guardian (via Project Syndicate) argues that China’s reformers could...
With many parents and students losing faith in China’s rigorous and high-pressure education...
While Shanghai’s PISA scores continue to raise concerns over whether American schools are...
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