China cram schools drop core tutoring programs amid crackdown

New Oriental and TAL shift focus from children to lifelong learning

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A primary school classroom in Wuhan: The tutoring business for children accounts for a majority of revenue at both New Oriental and TAL. © Reuters

SHIN WATANABE, Nikkei staff writers

DALIAN, China -- As Beijing's sweeping new ban on for-profit tutoring and test-preparation services takes hold, two publicly traded industry leaders will shut down their mainstay operations and look elsewhere to stay afloat.

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