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Tongji - a German doctor's vision of health

Feature | Education
2009-9-16

IT was not just Anglo-Saxon missionaries who founded schools and universities in old Shanghai. In fact, one of Shanghai's leading universities, Tongji, was founded by Germans - a less well-known foreign presence at...

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University tells its contestants to mind their own business

Feature | Education
2009-8-14

TWENTY students at East China University of Science and Technology went to Wenzhou in Zhejiang Province last month, taking part in a competition to establish a business. In the university's 9th Survival Competition,...

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Students learn to survive in the city with just 50 yuan in their pockets

Feature | Education
2009-8-14

IT might be mission impossible to survive in a big city like Shanghai for 15 days with only 50 yuan (US$7.35), but 21 college students from Zhejiang Province have made it happen. Six boys and 15 girls, from freshmen...

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Bringing Britain's best to education

Feature | Education
2009-6-24

DECIDING which school to send your children to is one of the biggest decisions parents must face wherever they are in the world. Choosing a good school is not an easy matter at all. As one of the top international...

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Telling pigs from porn: Problems with anti-porn software

Feature | Education
2009-6-23

CHINA'S new Green Dam "anti-porn" software is supposed to save young people from wicked influences, but savvy young folks have already exposed it. Yao Minji and Zhu Shenshen download. Wang Xia, a 42-year-old...

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Shanghai Daily Test Diary

Feature | Education
2009-6-23

SHANGHAI Daily downloaded the Green Dam software for a simple test to verify some widely spread doubts about the software. How does it work to protect children from harmful materials? In a word, it gives parents...

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Graduates on the go after a YCIS education

Feature | Education
2009-6-17

THE Yew Chung International School of Shanghai International Baccalaureate graduates from the class of 2009 walked across the stage at the Marriott Hotel Hongqiao on June 5, in a formal ceremony to collect their well-earned...

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How Mandarin makes my day

Feature | Education
2009-6-17

I am Jean, a student from South Korea studying at BISS Nanxiang. I have six subjects this term, and almost everyday I have Mandarin lessons. I have already learnt Mandarin for two years and I will take the Mandarin...

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How a good deed brought happiness to the Hope Primary School

Feature | Education
2009-6-10

ON May 14, my father, my sister, my father's friends and I left Shanghai to visit the Shandong Province Hope Primary School. Over the past term the student council of the British International School Shanghai has...

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Ecology: Students get the lowdown on a hot topic

Feature | Education
2009-6-10

STUDENT delegates from nine countries in the Asia Pacific region have just finished discussing the ecological future in New Zealand. Learning about energy problems from different countries, the students exchanged ideas...

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SCIS Mandarin courses prove winners all round

Feature | Education
2009-6-3

THE Mandarin Department at the Shanghai Community International School has had several notable achievements during the current school year, from preschool through grade 12. In the lower school, the students receive...

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Turning education into a game for the family

Feature | Education
2009-6-3

AT the British International School of Shanghai our youngest students follow the Early Years Foundation Stage Program, as set out in the latest review of the British National Curriculum. It has a strong emphasis...

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Controversy swirls around 'Olympic math' for kids and loss of childhood

Feature | Education
2009-6-3

AS a clock in the sitting room ticked, the unhappiness on the face of 11-year-old Xu Xiangyu became increasingly evident. It was Saturday afternoon. The "darkest moment" was coming. At 6pm, Xu was sitting with...

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How to plan a business school link in China

Feature | Education
2009-6-1

IN five years, the Euromed Management Business School has reached a threshold of 100 MBA students in China. In 2003 when its cooperation with the Antai College of Economics and Management at Shanghai's Jiao...

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Some difficult times in the battle for business brains

Feature | Education
2009-6-1

AN interview with officials of University of Southern California. Q: What executive programs are you currently offering? A: Global Executive MBA (GEMBA) in collaboration with Shanghai Jiao Tong University....