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Jul 26, 2021

Chinese regulators put tutoring-company profits in their crosshairs

From the BBC World Service: Another wave of regulatory crackdowns from Beijing, this time on tutoring companies, sent Hong Kong’s benchmark stock index down more than 4% today. Plus: Australia won’t tolerate anti-lockdown protests as COVID-19 Delta variant surges. And, how vaccinators are making progress in remote parts of India. 

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TO GO WITH STORY IN FRENCH "CHINE-SOCIETE-EDUCATION" BY JULIE DESNE
Chinese university students look at textbooks at a bookstore during the summer holidays in Shanghai, 16 August 2007. As most of the world's students enjoy the fruits of life during their summer vacations, a growing number of Shanghai students pass their summertime studying in preparation to make the top of the class.     AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)
TO GO WITH STORY IN FRENCH "CHINE-SOCIETE-EDUCATION" BY JULIE DESNE Chinese university students look at textbooks at a bookstore during the summer holidays in Shanghai, 16 August 2007. As most of the world's students enjoy the fruits of life during their summer vacations, a growing number of Shanghai students pass their summertime studying in preparation to make the top of the class. AFP PHOTO/Mark RALSTON (Photo credit should read MARK RALSTON/AFP via Getty Images)

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Chinese regulators put tutoring-company profits in their crosshairs