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  2. Literacy in China - Wikipedia

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    The literacy campaign has been carried out on a large scale throughout the country, but in the implementation process, some places have ignored reality and rushed ahead. In promoting the "rapid literacy method", there are also too hasty and unstable learning results. After the end of 1952, only 550,400 people in China needed to be made literate.

  3. History of education in China - Wikipedia

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    The history of education in China began with the birth of the Chinese civilization.Nobles often set up educational establishments for their offspring. Establishment of the imperial examinations (advocated in the Warring States period, originated in Han, founded in Tang) was instrumental in the transition from an aristocratic to a meritocratic government.

  4. Chinese character education - Wikipedia

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    In June 1952, the Ministry of Education of China published a list of commonly used literacy characters, including 2,000 characters for use in literacy textbooks. In 1984, the Ministry of Education in China announced that the proportion of illiterate people in the total population dropped from more than 80% in 1949 to 23.5% in 1982.

  5. List of countries by literacy rate - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 8 February 2025. This article needs to be updated. Please help update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. (March 2022) World map of countries shaded according to the literacy rate for all people aged 15 and over This is a list of countries by literacy rate. The global ...

  6. Simplified Chinese characters - Wikipedia

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    Simplified Chinese characters are one of two standardized character sets widely used to write the Chinese language, with the other being traditional characters.Their mass standardization during the 20th century was part of an initiative by the People's Republic of China (PRC) to promote literacy, and their use in ordinary circumstances on the mainland has been encouraged by the Chinese ...

  7. History of education - Wikipedia

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    China, one of the Aztec groups, was one of the first people in the world to have mandatory education for nearly all children, regardless of gender, rank, or station. [ citation needed ] There were two types of schools: the telpochcalli , for practical and military studies, and the calmecac , for advanced learning in writing, astronomy ...

  8. Chinese literature - Wikipedia

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    China buys many foreign book rights; nearly 16 million copies of the sixth book of the Harry Potter series were sold in Chinese translation. As China Book Review reported, the rights to 9,328 foreign titles – including many children's books – went to China in 2007. China was nominated as a Guest of Honour at the Frankfurt Bookfair in 2009 ...

  9. Three Character Classic - Wikipedia

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    The first and second page of Tam tự kinh thích nghiã 三字經釋義. It shows the original text of the Three Character Classic 三字經 annotated with the Vietnamese translation. In the book, Tam tự kinh giải âm diễn ca, shows the original text of 三字經 alongside the Vietnamese translation.