How China's shrinking population is driving education reform

Provincial authorities place limits on campus expansion as students dwindle

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Students training to be flight attendants place papers between their knees to practice proper posture at a vocational school in Shijiazhuang, China. © Reuters

WANG BOWEN, HU XUEYANG and WANG XINTONG, Caixin

China is conducting a multiyear reform of its higher education system to address the country's changing economy and demographic challenges, with an emphasis on boosting its vocational education.

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