The following examples of censorship instructions, issued to the media and/or Internet companies by various central (and sometimes local) government authorities, have been leaked and distributed online. Chinese journalists and...
Read MoreParents have started letter writing campaigns protesting the rule that requires students to take national college entrance examination in their hukou, or residence permit, region. Many of the letters’ signatories are...
Read MoreThe Chinese government in February branded the Hong Kong branch of the aid organization OxFam a “subversive organization,” causing OxFam to suspend a program to aid impoverished farmers in China. CDT has translated...
Read MoreChinese lawyer Xie Yanyi’s request to the Ministry of Justice that information about China’s reeducation-through-labor system be made available to the public has been denied. The Dui Hua Human Rights Journal has...
Read MoreAfter three murders in October where students targeted their teachers, a top CPC official called for more ideological and moral education of the nation’s youth. Xinhua reports: “Particular care should be given to...
Read MoreTranslated by CDT from Xinhua: It’s been learned that some local vocational academies or elementary to middle-high schools have been organizing their students for migrant jobs, in the name of work-study or academic internships. The Ministry of Education recently passed down directives through its system to crack down on the phenomenon in a joint effort […]
Read MoreStudents Xiaoxuan Li and Michael Zang traveled through villages in rural areas of Shandong and Inner Mongolia to investigate problems in Chinese rural education, in addition to teaching English classes to elementary and middle school students. They contributed the following photos and essay to CDT. (Students in Inner Mongolia) A Generation of Rural Teachers Challenged […]
Read MoreThe government still has a lot of power and it now wants to keep college students under easier management or control, by banning living off-campus. Translated from the Beijing News: After cutting some slack on college students living off-campus in 2005, China’s Ministry of Education resumed its unswavering authority, affirming that “in principle living off-campus […]
Read MoreFrom China Daily: Free teacher education in the six normal universities directly under the Ministry of Education (MOE) from this school year pledged by Premier Wen Jiabao‘s in his government work report at the current National People’s Congress (NPC) session has drawn wide public concern. …Some experts worried that the provincial-level teacher majors may be […]
Read MoreFrom Shanghai Daily (link): CHINA is mapping out a program to provide free AIDS treatment to migrant workers, as part of its annual plan to assist migrant workers, the Ministry of Health issued today. The ministry will be researching in the larger cities, including Shanghai, Beijing and Tianjin, to better understand the status quota of […]
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