New Education Law Bans Schools from Expelling Students
Chinese schools will be held liable for legal charges if they expel students or arrange improper courses, a senior legislator said.
According to the new Compulsory Education Law, which comes into effect on September 1, student in primary and middle schools who disobey the school regulations should be receive better instruction instead of being expelled, said Li Lianning, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, during an interactive interview with Internet users.
It is every student's basic right to receive compulsory education, even for those who might cause seriously disruptions in school, Li said, adding that those students should be transferred using proper procedures.
The government's shutdown of a controversial new school in Shanghai is in accordance with the law, Li said, when asked about the the Mencius' Mother Hall, an ancient style school in Shanghai where students aged between four and 12, spend two thirds of their time reciting Confucius classics such as the Book of Changes and the Analects, as students used to do in ancient China.
Li said Mencius' Mother Hall violates the compulsory education law because its curriculum was not set up according to regulation.
Li said he encourages the promotion of Chinese traditional culture as the foundation of the nation in the country's compulsory education.
In addition to rote and reciting the Chinese classics, students at the Mencius' Mother Hall were also taught to recite Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and other sonnets while they were taught calculus by foreign teachers.
Mencius' mother lived during the warring states period (B.C.475-221), has famous for her educate methods she used on her child.
China's compulsory education promises free nine-year for Chinese students.
Drought to Have No Effect on Grain Output
The serious drought afflicting southwest and parts of east China will have no effect on China's total grain output, said an official in Beijing on Friday.
Output would remain the same as last year or even rise a little due to an earlier summer harvest, said Wang Jianlin, of the China Meteorological Administration.
The two-month drought has affected 3.2 million hectares of cropland in Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality, destroying crops in about 727,000 hectares.
Grain output in the area dropped five million tons over last year and the losses amounted to 1.5 million yuan.
However, China's summer grain output was seven million tons more than last year and could make up the drop caused by the drought, said Wang.
He explained that China's grain output had two seasons: summer, which accounted for a third of the annual production, and autumn.
Most of north China was expected to have a good harvest this autumn which would also help to make up for the drought damage, said Wang.
Since July, Sichuan has experienced its worst drought since 1951 and Chongqing the worst in a century. Other regions have also suffered. More than 4.29 million hectares of croplands have been affected in the provinces and regions of Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai, costing 11.51 billion yuan.
Air China, Qantas Sign Agreement
Qantas has signed an agreement with Air China this week, which will take effect from September 15.
Qantas Group General Manager Sales and Distribution Rob Gurney said the arrangement would see Air China and Qantas work together to provide services between Sydney and Beijing.
"China is an extremely important market to the Qantas Group. In the lead-up to the 2008 Olympic Games, we expect to offer daily services between Australia and Beijing to better cater to growing trade and leisure travel," he said.
"Travel between China and Australia has increased more than 40 percent in the past three years and is expected to grow a further 20 percent in the coming year," he added.
Gurney said the Qantas A330 services will offer Air China customers authentic Chinese cuisine and in-flight entertainment.
Gurney said Qantas had developed similar arrangements with many other leading airlines, offering customers an extended network that provided seamless access to a wide variety of destinations around the world.
Chinese schools will be held liable for legal charges if they expel students or arrange improper courses, a senior legislator said.
According to the new Compulsory Education Law, which comes into effect on September 1, student in primary and middle schools who disobey the school regulations should be receive better instruction instead of being expelled, said Li Lianning, a member of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, during an interactive interview with Internet users.
It is every student's basic right to receive compulsory education, even for those who might cause seriously disruptions in school, Li said, adding that those students should be transferred using proper procedures.
The government's shutdown of a controversial new school in Shanghai is in accordance with the law, Li said, when asked about the the Mencius' Mother Hall, an ancient style school in Shanghai where students aged between four and 12, spend two thirds of their time reciting Confucius classics such as the Book of Changes and the Analects, as students used to do in ancient China.
Li said Mencius' Mother Hall violates the compulsory education law because its curriculum was not set up according to regulation.
Li said he encourages the promotion of Chinese traditional culture as the foundation of the nation in the country's compulsory education.
In addition to rote and reciting the Chinese classics, students at the Mencius' Mother Hall were also taught to recite Shakespeare's "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and other sonnets while they were taught calculus by foreign teachers.
Mencius' mother lived during the warring states period (B.C.475-221), has famous for her educate methods she used on her child.
China's compulsory education promises free nine-year for Chinese students.
Drought to Have No Effect on Grain Output
The serious drought afflicting southwest and parts of east China will have no effect on China's total grain output, said an official in Beijing on Friday.
Output would remain the same as last year or even rise a little due to an earlier summer harvest, said Wang Jianlin, of the China Meteorological Administration.
The two-month drought has affected 3.2 million hectares of cropland in Sichuan Province and Chongqing Municipality, destroying crops in about 727,000 hectares.
Grain output in the area dropped five million tons over last year and the losses amounted to 1.5 million yuan.
However, China's summer grain output was seven million tons more than last year and could make up the drop caused by the drought, said Wang.
He explained that China's grain output had two seasons: summer, which accounted for a third of the annual production, and autumn.
Most of north China was expected to have a good harvest this autumn which would also help to make up for the drought damage, said Wang.
Since July, Sichuan has experienced its worst drought since 1951 and Chongqing the worst in a century. Other regions have also suffered. More than 4.29 million hectares of croplands have been affected in the provinces and regions of Hubei, Hunan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and Qinghai, costing 11.51 billion yuan.
Air China, Qantas Sign Agreement
Qantas has signed an agreement with Air China this week, which will take effect from September 15.
Qantas Group General Manager Sales and Distribution Rob Gurney said the arrangement would see Air China and Qantas work together to provide services between Sydney and Beijing.
"China is an extremely important market to the Qantas Group. In the lead-up to the 2008 Olympic Games, we expect to offer daily services between Australia and Beijing to better cater to growing trade and leisure travel," he said.
"Travel between China and Australia has increased more than 40 percent in the past three years and is expected to grow a further 20 percent in the coming year," he added.
Gurney said the Qantas A330 services will offer Air China customers authentic Chinese cuisine and in-flight entertainment.
Gurney said Qantas had developed similar arrangements with many other leading airlines, offering customers an extended network that provided seamless access to a wide variety of destinations around the world.
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