05 Sep 2012

What Scares Chinese Students Away from American Schools

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What Scares Chinese Students Away from American Schools

  For any girls wishing to study abroad: don’t come to [school name omitted] no matter what!  Agents are all over this school, I don’t know why, but maybe because the tuition is high so they’ll get a bigger cut.  There are too many Chinese students, you (more…)

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12 Apr 2012

Hired Test Takers, Understanding China’s “Qiangshou”

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Hired Test Takers, Understanding China’s “Qiangshou”

“Qiangshou” (pronounced chiang-show) literally means “hired gun.” Originally, this term referred to writers making their living by selling articles and scripts for low prices. Over time, the meaning has evolved to mean someone performing a task in the name of others. In the Chinese education world, qiangshou refers to a person who…

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