In 1993, China’s Ministry of Education (MoE) published the “Outline for Education Reform and Development“ in which it announced to increase its annual budget to 4% of GDP by 2000. A glance at The National Bureau of Statistics‘ yearbook of 2001 reveals that China missed this ambitious target by about 30%. Evidently not satisfied with [...]
China’s enormous economic output can be attributed – to a notable degree – to an army of about 300 million migrant workers. It is therefore hard to believe that Chinese leaders forgot to build migrant children’s entitlement to compulsory education into their policies. In the 1990s, this policy hole led to a patchwork of privately [...]
It has been a known issue for more than a decade: Chinese universities’ insurmountable debts. And as the topic managed to attract public attention again just recently, a closer look into the matter deemed appropriate. Departments of statistics, both federal and local, would not go so far as to hard-wire figures leaving it up to [...]
In preparation for a research report named “China Offshore Education report – 2010″ we are collecting motivations and experiences from both foreign universities and students participating in offshore education projects in China. We are also evaluating (and publicising here) motivations of Chinese universities for cooperating with their foreign counterparts, as gaps – if considerable – [...]
In an eye-opening article, book author and U.S. policy insider Catherin E. Dalpino reasons about China’s understanding and way of implementing democracy. Dalpino applies the term pop-up democracy used by U.S. policy makers to describe the myth of all repressive governments replacing their totalitarian by democratic structures. In her view, the pop-up democracy theory had [...]
In a recent article originally written for the US magazine Science, Premier Wen Jia Bao reasoned about an ambitious development plan praising innovation, science and technology as preconditions for further growth of China’s economy until 2020. As one of the implementing bodies, the Chinese Ministry of Education (MoE) followed suit with their education initiative which [...]
The sex education debate continues to simmer with calls for a more rounded curriculum that may help reduce teenage pregnancies and the spread of sexually transmitted diseases. China Daily today reports: Young students in China are dismissive about sex education at schools, complaining it focuses too much on the physical side of sex, including sexual identity [...]
While Mandarin (Putonghua) is the language learned by almost all foreign students of “Chinese”, the mainland plays host to dozens of different dialects between its vast borders. Mandarin Promotion Week is an effort to coordinate schools, government offices and the media to enhance awareness of a standard usage of Chinese, and seeks to increase the [...]
`Having just concluded their 2009 sessions, the National People’s Congress (NPC) and the People’s Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) represent China’s most important series of meetings, discussions and decisions on the future direction of the country. These meetings are attended by top politicians, thought leaders and influencers, and are intended to canvass the views of a [...]
Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao participated in an unprecedented live Internet question and answer session with the public via Xinhua‘s website on March 1. While addressing a range of topics, Wen answered a query about the quality of teaching and education funding in rural areas, revealing policy priorities. “The central government will add another 12 billion RMB to the [...]
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