Chinese Education System
Cultural Transformation
Foreign Observer Insights
Parenting In China
Global Meritocracy Challenges
MRP: ₹ 799
₹ 760
₹ 39 Off
(Incl. of all taxes)
Get this at ₹ 722
Extra 5% Off
Get this at ₹ 684
Extra 10% Off
Piracy Free
Express Delivery
Secure Transactions
Eco‑Conscious Packaging
Binding
Paperback
Number of Pages
464.0
Age Group
All
Language
English
Book Summary
Memorable... One Of [Chinas] Most Astute And Sensitive Foreign Observers Financial Timescompassionate... Full Of Warmth Guardianmore Than Twenty Years After Teaching English To Chinas First Boom Generation At A Small College In Sichuan Province, Peter Hessler Returned To Teach The Next Generation. At The Same Time, Hesslers Twin Daughters Became The Only Westerners In A Student Body Of About Two Thousand In Their Local Primary School. Through Reconnecting With His Previous Students Now In Their Forties - Members Of Chinas Reform Generation - And Teaching His Current Undergraduates, Hessler Is Able To Tell An Intimately Unique Story About Chinas Incredible Transformation Over The Past Quarter-Century.In The Late 1990S, Almost All Of Hesslers Students Were The First Of Their Families To Enrol In Higher Education, Sons And Daughters Of Subsistence Farmers Who Could Offer Little Guidance As Their Children Entered A Brand-New World. By 2019, When Hessler Arrived At Sichuan University, He Found A Very Different China And A New Kind Of Student - An Only Child Whose Schooling Was The Object Of Intense Focus From A Much More Ambitious And Sophisticated Cohort Of Parents. Hesslers New Students Have A Sense Of Irony About The Regime But Mostly Navigate Its Restrictions With Equanimity, And Embrace The Astonishing New Opportunities Chinas Boom Affords. But The Pressures Of This System Of Extreme Meritocracy At Scale Can Be Gruesome, Even For Much Younger Children, Including His Own Daughters, Who Give Him A First-Hand View Of Raising A Child In China.In Peter Hesslers Hands, Chinas Education System Is The Perfect Vehicle For Examining Whats Happened To The Country, Where Its Going, And What We Can Learn From It. At A Time When Relations Between The Uk And China Fracture, Other Rivers Is A Tremendous, Indeed An Essential Gift, A Work Of Enormous Human Empathy That Rejects Cheap Stereotypes And Shows Us China From The Inside Out And The Bottom Up, Using As A Measuring Stick This Most Universally Relatable Set Of Experiences. As Both A Window Onto China And A Distant Mirror Onto Our Own Education System, Other Rivers Is A Classic, A Book Of Tremendous Value And Compelling Human Interest.
Product Details
Number of Pages
464.0
Language
English
Reading Age
All
Dimensions
23.5 x 3.8 x 15.4 cm
Binding
Paperback
MRP: ₹ 799
₹ 760
₹ 39 Off
Explore your next great read
The Stationery Shop Of Tehran
₹ 450
₹ 369
₹ 81 Off
Add to Bag
Atomic Habits
₹ 999
₹ 856
₹ 143 Off
Add to Bag
The Courage To Be Disliked
₹ 599
₹ 490
₹ 109 Off
Add to Bag
The Palace Of Illusions
₹ 499
₹ 400
₹ 99 Off
Add to Bag
The Housemaid
₹ 550
₹ 440
₹ 110 Off
Add to Bag
The Divorce
₹ 550
₹ 462
₹ 88 Off
Add to Bag
The Mountain Is You
₹ 399
₹ 320
₹ 79 Off
Add to Bag
Verity
₹ 499
₹ 400
₹ 99 Off
Add to Bag
A Little Life
₹ 699
₹ 560
₹ 139 Off
Add to Bag
Tuesdays With Morrie
₹ 299
₹ 252
₹ 47 Off
Add to Bag
The 48 Laws Of Power
₹ 999
₹ 800
₹ 199 Off
Add to Bag
Twisted Lies (Twisted Bk 4)
₹ 599
₹ 480
₹ 119 Off
Add to Bag
Twisted Hate (Twisted Bk 3)
₹ 599
₹ 480
₹ 119 Off
Add to Bag
Release Me
₹ 499
₹ 410
₹ 89 Off
Add to Bag
Twisted Love (Twisted Bk 1)
₹ 599
₹ 480
₹ 119 Off
Add to Bag
The Forest Of Enchantments
₹ 499
₹ 400
₹ 99 Off
Add to Bag
Sochu - Doing Series Box Set
₹ 3,499
Add to Bag
Ikigai : The Japanese Secret To A Long And Happy Life
₹ 599
₹ 480
₹ 119 Off
Add to Bag
Before The Coffee Gets Cold (Coffee Series Bk 1) Reissue
₹ 550
₹ 440
₹ 110 Off
Add to Bag
King Of Envy (Kings Of Sin Bk 5)
₹ 599
₹ 504
₹ 95 Off
Add to Bag
Twisted Games (Twisted Bk 2)
₹ 599
₹ 504
₹ 95 Off
Add to Bag
Deep Work
₹ 399
₹ 320
₹ 79 Off
Add to Bag
Mans Search For Meaning
₹ 350
₹ 287
₹ 63 Off
Add to Bag
Jaun Elia: Ek Ajab Ghazab Shayar
₹ 249
₹ 210
₹ 39 Off
Add to Bag
The Book Thief
₹ 599
₹ 480
₹ 119 Off
Add to Bag
Sochu - Thinking Series Box Set
₹ 3,499
Add to Bag
The Kite Runner
₹ 599
₹ 504
₹ 95 Off
Add to Bag
The Decision Book (New Edition)
₹ 399
₹ 320
₹ 79 Off
Add to Bag
Better Than The Movies
₹ 499
₹ 475
₹ 24 Off
Add to Bag
More Days At The Morisaki Bookshop
₹ 399
₹ 328
₹ 71 Off
Add to Bag
Leadership Mastery
₹ 350
₹ 333
₹ 17 Off
Add to Bag
Hunting Adeline Vol2
₹ 1,499
₹ 1,230
₹ 269 Off
Add to Bag
Focus On What Matters
₹ 350
₹ 280
₹ 70 Off
Add to Bag
The Housemaid Is Watching
₹ 550
₹ 440
₹ 110 Off
Add to Bag
Sochu Book 12 - Stop Pretending You're Normal
₹ 349
Add to Bag
The Tenant
₹ 550
₹ 440
₹ 110 Off
Add to Bag
Dear Debbie
₹ 550
₹ 462
₹ 88 Off
Add to Bag
King Of Sloth (Kings Of Sin Bk 4)
₹ 599
₹ 480
₹ 119 Off
Add to Bag
The Love Hypothesis
₹ 499
₹ 410
₹ 89 Off
Add to Bag
The Psychology Of Money – Deluxe Edition
₹ 599
₹ 480
₹ 119 Off
Add to Bag
