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Everything You Always Wanted To Know About China's Education System.

Teachingtips.com did an article entitled, "25 Surprising Facts About China’s Education System." (h/t to China Economics Blog) And though I am not prepared to say all 25 will surprise you, certainly most of them are at least... [[ This is a conte... ...full story at China Law Blog

from China Law Blog on Wed, Sep 16 2009

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