Tag Archives: education

Advice for friends and family of Chinese students abroad

Posted on 2012-07-26 by Eunice Hu

This is the latest posting on Danwei in a series about Chinese school life. It’s a translation of a popular posting on the social network Renren. Other articles in the series include Confessions of a Chinese graduate, Chinese students living in fear in the … Continue reading →

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Teaching children to say no

Posted on 2012-07-22 by Julien Leyre

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published in Chinese on My1510.cn, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. From ‘tiger mums’ to ‘little emperors’, contemporary family relations in China have given rise to … Continue reading →

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Kuang Kuang and the 38th Parallel

Posted on 2011-09-05 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Here is another episode of Kuang Kuang’s Diary, featuring Kuang Kuang, the primary school boy with a permanent bloody nose, and his girlfriend Xiao Hong. This episode is called The 38th Parallel, a reference to the border between North and South … Continue reading →

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Confessions of a Chinese graduate

Posted on 2011-09-02 by Eric Mu

An essay by Danwei staff writer Eric Mu. When I was a kid, university graduates were as rare as unicorns, now they are more like popcorn: cheap and plentiful. No big surprise, considering there are millions of fresh ones every … Continue reading →

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Blowing up the school

Posted on 2011-08-29 by Jeremy Goldkorn

Early this year, an animation showing a group of bunnies oppressed by tigers and then rising up in rebellion became an overnight hit in China, soon making it to international TV news, including Australia’s ABC. The video was part of an … Continue reading →