China’s Shame: Underfunding Public Education

According to a report from China Economic Weekly on March 8, the spending in education in China is short of 1.6 trillion yuan (US$ 243 billion) from 2000 to 2009.
China’s Shame: Underfunding Public Education
Chinese elementary students in a school classroom in Hefei, Anhui, China last September 2010. According to a report from China Economic Weekly on March 8, the spending in education in China is short of 1.6 trillion yuan (US$ 243 billion) from 2000 to 2009 AFP/Getty Images
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Chinese elementary students in a school classroom in Hefei, Anhui, China last September 2010. According to a report from China Economic Weekly on March 8, the spending in education in China is short of 1.6 trillion yuan (US$ 243 billion) from 2000 to 2009 (AFP/Getty Images )