No time for Chinese class? Online schools mean you can keep up with Mandarin lessons wherever you go
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Hong Kong groups protested the stabbing of a labor leader in Shenzhen, ahead of a new labor law on the mainland that takes effect in the new year, the Wall Street Journal reported. Huang Qingnan, who runs the Dagongzhe counseling center for migrant workers, which provides labor law education services, was attacked by two men […]
Leading private education firm New Oriental opened its first kindergarten, New Oriental Star, in Beijing on Sunday, Economic Observer reported (in Chinese). The move showed the company, which has had success operating short-term exam preparation courses, was set to explore the long-term education area. It was estimated that the potential pre-primary market size was about US$1.8 billion […]
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Sun Chunlan, the vice chairwoman of the All-China Federation of Trade Unions on unionizing foreign-invested companies on the mainland: “Do we need the bosses’ permission to set up unions in China? No. The workers have the right to join a union voluntarily. We are promoting [that right].” Wang Xiaofeng, director of the State Council Three […]