Category Archives: School and Education

Satan Lucky’s Floating World

Posted on 2013-08-29 by Alexander Ye

Satan Lucky is the pen name of cartoonist and illustrator based in Beijing. He publishes some of his work on Weibo. His style is based on Ukiyo-e — literally “pictures of the floating world”, the traditional Japanese style of woodblock prints and paintings … Continue reading →

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“Cash and gifts” will get your child into the right class

Posted on 2013-08-13 by Neil Thomas

Last year the New York Times published an exposé on the culture of corruption in the Chinese schools admissions system, with rich parents able to buy their children into the best schools. But less well documented is that parents with children in primary and … Continue reading →

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Selfless teacher leaves career in the city for “dream job” teaching rural kids

Posted on 2012-11-20 by Barry van Wyk

When Peng Jun (彭军) graduated in 2011, he was all set for a career in the city and stepping up the ladder of social progress. Yet at a time when the norm is to seek to build your own fortune … Continue reading →

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“Black kid’s happy life” in Shenyang orphanage

Posted on 2012-10-26 by Barry van Wyk

On the front page of Shenyang Evening News (沈阳晚报) from the capital of Liaoning province today is a large picture and profile of a four-year-old mixed-race child — the “happy black kid” of the headline who ended up in a Shenyang orphanage after he … Continue reading →

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Can you blame the post-eighties generation?

Posted on 2012-10-19 by Julien Leyre

This is the China Writing Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s digest takes a look at the Chinese Gen Y – generally known … Continue reading →

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The year of the breastfeeding flash mob in China – a father’s account

Posted on 2012-10-18 by Sascha Matuszak

This has been the year of the flash mob in China, the breastfeeding flash mob to be exact. In May, August and September of this year, Chinese mothers bared their breasts in public to help galvanize a tiny yet growing … Continue reading →

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Against national education – reflections on the Hong Kong hunger strike

Posted on 2012-09-21 by Julien Leyre

This is the Thinking China Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. In the first week of September 2012, a group of high schools students from … Continue reading →

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Education and critical thinking

Posted on 2012-09-07 by Julien Leyre

This is the Thinking China Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. This week’s post proposes to look at three recent articles exploring the connection between … Continue reading →

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Photos of Hong Kong’s anti-national education protest

Posted on 2012-08-04 by Hudson Lockett

This photo gallery of the anti-national education protest in Hong Kong is by Danwei contributor Hudson C. Lockett IV, a Beijing-based freelance writer and photographer. His last article for Danwei was on ecologist Xie Yan’s fight against bad conservation laws in … Continue reading →

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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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