Typical China VPN $10/mon allowing people visit websites outside China. This VPN policy also showed how unusual the Non-profit Only edu. policy came out, as many Chinese regulations generally follow the experimentation first in some areas and allows some provincial discretion.
https://twitter.com/adschina/status/1450471419368910860
Recently there were some rumors on China education shrinking from current 12 years pre-college into 9 yrs. It is true that 12 experimentation areas are designated, including Shanghai and a city from Zhejiang where I grew up. But the 12 to 9 yr policy details are rumors.
Points helped me evaluate the rumor as rumor. Testing from Elementary to Middle School is already not required so odd to show up as new policy. Shanghai being the richest w. most pampered citizens, it will be unlikely to be experimented on in such fashion. 163.com/dy/article/GMK…
But Vocational Edu. will continue a topic of discussion, as Beijing now allows foreign investment in adult vocational education. For a typical Chinese, test based system allows 50% possibility entering high school, then another 50% from HS to 4-yr college. 163.com/dy/article/GML… 
Discussion is whether German model is where China goes, believed to preserve manufacturing jobs. It remains to be seen how China adopt the German model of diverting students into vocational school along the education ladder, which China already does. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Education…
On a per-capita basis, the Chinese government spends significantly less on education (about one-quarter of what the U.S. government spends), with households making up the difference. The education + private capital story in China is far from over.
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