‘Higher education is much like kindergarten,’ watch this before going to China for higher studies
Education in communist countries, especially China, is the opposite of learning in any democratic country. In 2019, a survey conducted by Nature magazine received negative comments from Ph.D. students in China, such as, "Do not do a Ph.D. in this country," or, "No one will help you. No one will ...
Chinese kid’s smartwatch accused of exposing graphic content to children
Mainland parents in China are horrified as a popular gift for their children may become the “reaper” of innocence. On July 16, the Chinese media outlet Finance and Economics Weekly reported that parents complain that a generation of Xiaotiancai, or Little Genius, smartwatch products recommend adult and violent content applications to ...
International media: Chinese government’s biggest fear has arrived
The 20th National Congress of the CCP will be held this fall. The Chinese authorities are describing this year as a "success." Still, it does not seem like that: The "zero-covid" policy, city lockdowns, and the Russo-Ukrainian War have brought unprecedented pressure on the Chinese economy, leading to the unemployment ...
Beijing uses textbooks to re-educate students in Hong Kong after anti-extradition movement
After the anti-extradition movement in Hong Kong, Beijing is starting to re-engineer Hong Kong education. According to Johns Hopkins University professor Ho-Fung Hung, China is turning a subject used to cultivate critical thinking into a mainland-style patriotic education by teaching the party line to children. Shi Shan, a commentator, expressed that Beijing ...
Chinese students show robotic patriotism: Is it genuine or mandatory patriotism?
Chinese students express patriotism like robots A viral video on the internet shows Chinese students being trained in patriotism. One by one, groups of students chanted a slogan together in class when the teacher asked: "Please use a sentence to prove that you are Chinese." The first group said, "We've had free ...
China’s college graduates under pressure due to worst job market in decades
According to VOA News, more than 10 million college graduates are expected to flock to the job market in China this summer. However, many college students graduating this year have had difficulties finding jobs due to the government's ‘zero-COVID’ policy. China Employment Research Institute of Renmin University of China and Zhaopin ...
Shanghai: Frantic 10-year-old boy wants to hack people with a knife
A viral video on Youtube shows that a boy riding a segway was rejected for a nucleic acid test in Shanghai on July 10. The medical staff said the boy was standing on the segway, and it wasn’t convenient to do the test. So the boy went home and returned ...
China’s civil aviation industry loses more than $16 billion: 12 airlines are insolvent
According to Chinese media outlet Yicai, Song Zhiyong, Chairman at China National Aviation said at the national aviation mid-year performance teleconference held on July 8, that the national civil aviation industry’s overall loss has reached more than 16 billion dollars in the first half of 2022, and 12 airlines are ...
Chinese professor mourns Abe: Her Weibo suspended, and school investigates her
After sharing sympathy for Mr. Abe, a Tangshan professor is attacked by the little pinks On July 8, the news of the assassination of former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe caused the little pinks (referring to the young Chinese ultranationalists), who was educated under the hatred of the Chinese Communist Party, ...
Beijing Institute of Technology staff and students allegedly protest school’s anti-epidemic order
China continues to battle COVID flare-ups using its 'zero-COVID' policy. Yet, the COVID-19 epidemic spread shows no signs of ending. Recently, China's northwestern city of Xi'an has been hit by Omicron BA.5.2 subvariant, with 18 Covid infections recorded from Saturday to Monday. This new Omicron subvariant was also found in ...
Professor: Students treated callously; Dark side of Chinese universities revealed
Ma Yi, a professor at the University of California, Berkeley, recently lamented that a student with excellent research skills could not get a doctorate degree in China. He also criticized the education system and the bureaucracy of universities in China. On June 29, Ma Yi wrote on Weibo that he brought a ...
Henan: Brother dead after calling for justice for his murdered sister
A 51-year-old man in early July murdered an 18-year-old schoolgirl in Henan. Her brother then called on the authorities to punish the suspect but suddenly deleted the post, apologizing to everyone and saying he hoped his family was safe. Chinese-language media reported that the brother died an unnatural death afterward, ...
Chinese schools circumvent CCP ban on praising top students using fruit metaphors
When a student achieves a high grade, it is a source of pride for the family, satisfaction for the student, and an excellent reward for the student's efforts. Schools, which are part of the lives of these talented students, also consider it important to congratulate them in their publications. For example, ...
Young Chinese: ‘It feels like there is no hope in life and I don’t know how much longer I can hold out’
In early December 2020, Chinese President Xi Jinping announced that China has completed the task of poverty alleviation after 8 years of effort. However, in a recent video, Li Kongyue, a professor at Sun Yat-Sen University's School of Management in Guangzhou, China, pointed out that up to 940 million people in ...
Learn by rote, embellish fake history: Chinese regimes’ approach to education Learn by rote, embellish fake history: Chinese regimes’ approach to education
Education is the key to success for every person and nation. There are many teaching approaches to effectively educate a person. However, things are a bit different in China. Robot learning and sensitive lesson illustrations at schools. A video shows students in uniform lined up in a hallway. They are focused on ...
Graduates in China tricked into working for hacking group
In an article on June 30, the Financial Times said that Chinese university graduates are being recruited to unknowingly work for Beijing’s state-backed hacking group APT 40. The news outlet found that China-based firm Hainan Xiandun Technology Development Company Limited has been offering translation jobs for English-capable graduates from public universities ...
