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Chinese Voices Project: Education
The Growing Pains of
China's Universities (1.2 / 260)
Chun Juan
Much is made these days of the rapid development
of China's premier universities. Some students, however, have their doubts.
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Tutoring for the College Entrance Exam (1.3 / 317)
Chun Juan
Much of a middle-class Beijing kid's life these
days is devoted to preparing, in one way or another, for the national college
entrance exam, often with the help of private tutors.
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Textbooks: An Unaffordable
Luxury (1.3 / 277)
Chun Juan
Given that the average textbook costs the equivalent
of a full week's living expenses, it's no surprise that many university students
avail themselves of local photocopy shops instead.
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Salary Woes at China's
Top University (1.3 / 387)
Chun Juan
Although Beida faculty make a lot more than
they did in the days when intellectuals were labelled as the "stinking ninth
category," a Professor's blog entry has called renewed attention to the continued
under-funding of education at every level in China.
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Reclaiming the Mother
Tongue (1.4 / 326)
Chun Juan
Chinese children are doing fine in English,
but their Chinese is going to pot. Does it really matter?
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Lights Out Time at
Beida (1.6 / 316)
Ye Xiaojun
At Peking University, lights go off at midnight
to save energy, but students don't necessarily sleep.
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Sea Turtles and Kelp
(1.6 / 521)
Alice Yue
Chinese students returning home after studying
abroad are finding it more difficult than it once was to leverage their overseas
training into a well-paying job.
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