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Schooling China's Kids

Is China's education system too academic, too high pressure and too elitist? Ed Butler meets a primary school head, a kindergarten tutor and a university professor to find out.

Is China's education system too academic, too high pressure and too elitist? Ed Butler meets a primary school head, a kindergarten tutor and a university professor to find out.

The programme includes interviews with Lin Min, founding principal of the Xiwai International School, Michael Pettis of the Guanghua School of Management at Peking University, and author Zhang Lijia.

Producer: Laurence Knight

(Photo: Children wave national flags in Tonglu, Zhejiang province, China. Credit: AFP)

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18 minutes

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Thu 19 Oct 2017 07:32GMT

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  • Thu 19 Oct 2017 07:32GMT

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