Xinjiang Teachers to Take Part in Anti-separatism Program
Global Times reports that 2,939 Uyghur-speaking teachers from Xinjiang will be sent to schools...
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Riot Police Deployed as Hunan Teachers Protest
Laura Zhou at South China Morning Post reports that authorities in Hunan have summoned riot police...
Teacher Fired for WeChat Post on “Windbags”
According to a report by Yang Fan for RFA, a teacher in Hubei was dismissed after reposting an...
Teachers’ Strikes Spread Across Northeast China
After thousands of teachers from Zhaodong, Heilongjiang Province went on strike last month to...
8,000 Chinese Teachers Strike for Higher Pay
Despite a lack of organized unions in China, 8,000 teachers in Zhaodong, Heilongjiang organized a...
HIV Positive Teachers to Petition China Government
Anti-discrimination laws in China state that people who have HIV or AIDS are entitled to equal employment and medical treatment, but three men from three different provinces claimed that they were denied government teaching jobs...
Anger over Substitute Teacher Dismissals
The planned dismissal of 448,000 substitute teachers throughout China has generated angry comments from netizens. A few days ago, ChinaHush translated news reports about the lay-offs and posted photos illustrating the difficult...
China Jails Teachers and Parents for Hi-Tech Exam Cheating
China has jailed eight parents and teachers after uncovering elaborate schemes to help students pass the college entrance exams, tests which often determine the socioeconomic fate of young people and their future dependents in...
China’s Rural Teachers Join Rumble Of Unrest
From Reuters: They are old, angry and have mobile phones, and they worry China’s protest-wary leaders. Teachers across rural China, many long retired or forced from classrooms, have joined a recent surge of protests, with...
An Alleged Counterrevolutionary Teacher’s Personal Plea
As reported in a previous post on CDT, two female students accused their political science professor, Yang Shiqun, of being “counterrevolutionary.” This is in line with a growing trend of bloggers and journalists...
“Guilt by Blog” And The Trouble With China’s Universities
There is a new phrase circulating in China’s internet taken from China’s past to describe the repression of freedom of speech. China Media Project’s Emma Lupano reports: As the internet has grown rapidly in...
New Rules for Teachers After China Earthquake
From AP: China is requiring more ethical responsibility from teachers following the highly publicized case of a high school teacher who fled his classroom during last month’s earthquake without making sure his students...
China Teacher Sacked For Running From Quake School
From Reuters: A Chinese high school teacher has been sacked and denounced by local media and Internet users for fleeing a classroom before his students during last month’s devastating earthquake. Fan Meizhong, a...
Ｍore Than 700 Teachers in Guangdong Demonstrate for a Decent Salary
Seven hundred teachers in Yunfu City of Guangdong province went to demonstrate on the street on March 4 to protest their low salaries, according to reports on several Chinese Internet forums. Various reports say the teachers...
China Addresses Income Gap Between Urban, Rural Teachers – Xinhua
From Xinhua: China’s Compulsory Education Law which took effect last September stipulates that the local average wage for teachers should not be lower than that of civil servant. Teachers’ wages generally comprise two parts: “basic income” and “structural income” which varies according to rank, school and region….[Full Text] See also “A Generation of Rural Teachers […]
Teachers Strike in Guangzhou – John Kennedy
From Global Voices Online: Teachers in Huadu, an outlying suburb of Southern China metropolis Guangzhou went on strike yesterday in front of the local district government building yesterday, calling for higher wages. A thorough look through Google search results for “Huadu” “teacher” and “protest” suggests a media blackout, which the teachers seem to have expected, […]
Professor’s pay slip highlights teachers’ dilemma – Guo Qiang
From China Daily: People may think that professors, especially those at famous universities, are wealthy, but they say they are rather poor. Assistant professor at prestigious Peking University A Yi made it clear his monthly salary of 4,768 yuan (US$601) was not enough on his online web log and claimed there would be no way […]
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