China Education
Education has been a high priority of the Communist Party in China since 1949, although there has at times been great disagreement over the function and content of education. During the cultural revolution, much of the higher education system was abolished, and one of the slogans was: “Rather red than expert!” During the 1980s this changed. Professional knowledge and research again gained greater importance. Since 1985, an overarching goal has been for the education system to serve socialist modernization in…
