China
30/04/2012 / CHINA
30/04/2012 / CHINA
Chinese university students literally fight for seats
Cramming for graduate school entrance exams is such a serious affair for students hoping to enter China’s competitive job market that literally cramming into a seat to study at the country’s universities has become a battle unto itself. Students at one university have gone so far as to lock chains around their desks and even cause a riot. Read more...
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27/04/2012 / CHINE
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16/04/2012 / CHINA
Bo Xilai: Our Observers in China reflect on the superstar politician’s downfall
The sudden sacking of one of Chinese politics’ rising stars, Bo Xilai, has become one of China’s biggest scandals in the past two decades. Three of our Observers in China tell us what this charismatic figure meant to them, and illustrate why his downfall has rattled so many. Read more...
13/04/2012 / CHINA
Bogus Buddhist monks exposed on the Internet
Two med clad in traditional orange Buddhist robes have been spotted in the streets of Beijing hanging out with their girlfriends and downing cans of beer, raising more than a few eyebrows. Read more…
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06/04/2012 / CHINA
Exhausted students rebel by burning textbooks
Students in the United States or in Europe drag their feet when it’s time to go back to school after two months of summer holidays. However they’ve got it easy compared to students in China, who not only study seven days a week, but often get only two weeks of time off in the entire year. In one high school, this rhythm wore students down so much that they set fire to all their books in protest. Read more…
16/03/2012 / CHINA
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01/03/2012 / CHINA
After American "gangsta rap", here comes Chinese "police rap"
Security forces in the city of Qionglai, in China’s centre-west Sichuan province, have become an Internet sensation with a viral rap video called “Rise, Qionglai police.” Read more...
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28/02/2012 / CHINA
28/02/2012 / CHINA
Education inequality for migrants’ children: “This problem has taken over my life”
In China, one’s hukou, or permanent residence status, can be perceived as either a birthright or an insurmountable obstacle. It dictates everything, from where you can live to what kind of social services you have access to. In a country whose economy is in part built on the shoulders of its more than 200 million migrant workers, many in the capital Beijing are fed up with the system they say stands in the way of their children’s education. Read more…
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