The number of Chinese students heading overseas for education has dropped to the lowest level in a decade, reports Caixin. The drop signals a structural shift in a lucrative market that Western universities have long relied upon. According to data released by China’s Ministry of Education, 570,600 Chinese students went abroad in 2025. The figure represents […]
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China’s largest private education company in terms of market value has begun offering leisure courses such as dance and photography for older adults in Beijing, reports the South China Morning Post. This comes as it pivots towards the country’s fast-growing silver economy. Since a ban on for-profit tutoring in core academic subjects in 2021, New Oriental […]
China’s youth unemployment rate dropped in November, reports the South China Morning Post. However, competition remains fierce for university graduates trying to find work that matches their qualifications. The jobless rate for those aged 16 to 24, excluding students, fell to 16.9% in November from 17.3% in October, according to data released by the National Bureau […]
Chinese universities are drastically increasing tuition fees this year, with some making their first rises in two decades, hurt by a reduced national budget for tertiary education and tight local government finances, reports Reuters. The higher fees come amid a financial crunch among local governments after three years of disruptive COVID-19 policies, a property crisis […]
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding has denied speculation that it is planning mass lay-offs and pledged to hire 15,000 new employees in 2023, after media reports that it is cutting 7% of jobs at its cloud unit, reports the South China Morning Post. Alibaba said its six units are planning to make a total of 15,000 […]