Commentary On July 24, Chinese Communist Party (CCP) leader Xi Jinping banned for-profit tutoring on core school subjects. In my opinion, the curb on for-profit tutoring is related to the CCP’s strategic plan for China’s future education. The CCP has been fully aware that education pertains to its future successors since the Mao Zedong era. There are different takes on the collective clampdown on the off-campus tutoring industry in China. Chinese state media say that it was to reduce parents’ burden, provide a stable financial footing to raise more children, and help stop the population crisis. Netizens see it as a crackdown on capital and further indoctrination of CCP ideology, especially with the addition of “Xi Jinping thought” in China’s national curriculum. Influences on CCP Education Strategies I believe that there are two main things that influence the education strategies of the CCP. First, there have been a large number of …
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