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Category Archives: Scholarship and education
Remembering Ji Xianlin
Ji Xianlin dies. He was a ‘national treasure,’ but was he a ‘master of national learning’?
Posted in Scholarship and education
Tagged academia, Ji Xianlin, national treasure, obituaries
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The political background check of a petitioner’s daughter
Beijing media report two cases in which girls had their college application paperwork rejected because of their parents’ political problems.
Posted in Scholarship and education
Tagged background checks, Beijing Times, gaokao, petitions, political inspections, The Beijing News
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Students choose English, oracle bone characters for entrance exam essays
A student answers his college entrance exam essay question using oracle bone script. Another student answers his high school entrance exam essay in English.
Posted in Scholarship and education
Tagged characters, essays, gaokao, oracle bones, zhongkao
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Object lessons in human cruelty
Wu Fei, an essayist and educator, uses the inclusion of Schindler’s List in a middle school textbook as the starting point for a discussion about the dehumanizing effect of on-screen killing, from televised executions intended to calm the anger of the public, to war movies that feature graphic violence.
Posted in Scholarship and education
Tagged @classic, executions, film, Mo Luo, Wu Fei
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Invisible Wings: 2009’s college exam essay questions
Beijing’s essay topic was “invisible wings.” That and the rest of this year’s prompts, as well as some responses from famous authors.
Posted in Scholarship and education
Tagged essays, gaokao, Mirror
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Hangzhou high school students complain about spring break
Hangzhou high school students launch a website to complain about classes scheduled during the spring break.
Posted in Scholarship and education
Tagged education, Hangzhou, vacations
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Civics lessons, Xinjiang style
Students at an elementary school in Urumqi have to memorize the names of local and national leaders.
Posted in Scholarship and education
Tagged China Youth Daily, education, memorization, Xinjiang
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Simple arguments for character standards
Pan Qinglin proposes eliminating simplified characters. The Ministry of Education wants to standardize character mnemonics.
Posted in Scholarship and education
Tagged characters, CPPCC, Ministry of Education, Pan Qinglin, Sheng Dalin, Wang Gan
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Schools disagree on how best to cover a book
It’s the start of a new semester and the debate over book covers is in the news once again.
Posted in Books, Scholarship and education
Tagged Beijing Youth Daily, book covers, books, conservation, schools, Xiamen
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Boom and bust for “hope schools”
The Beijing News investigates the huge number of abandoned primary school buildings in Changyang County, Hubei Province.
Posted in Scholarship and education
Tagged compulsory education, schools, The Beijing News
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