Online learning widens China's education gap, study warns

Only half of rural children have undisrupted access to internet classes

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A primary school student attends an online Chinese class at home during in Shanghai. Access to distance learning is less widespread in rural areas, a study finds. © Reuters

COCO LIU, Nikkei staff writer

HONG KONG -- China's shift toward online education due to the coronavirus pandemic means students from less-developed regions are likely to fall behind their urban peers, a new survey shows.

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