{"id":157130,"date":"2026-09-08T01:00:12","date_gmt":"2026-09-08T01:00:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=157130"},"modified":"2026-09-08T01:00:12","modified_gmt":"2026-09-08T01:00:12","slug":"should-chinese-schools-demote-english-as-a-core-subject","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=157130","title":{"rendered":"Should Chinese schools demote English as a core subject?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostCalls to reduce English\u2019s status as a core subject in China\u2019s education system have resurfaced after an internet-famous maths teacher urged the country to end \u201cworshipping foreign things\u201d.<br \/>\nThe controversy has revived a long-running debate over the role of English in Chinese schools.<br \/>\nThe argument came to life again after Tang Jiafeng, a maths teacher known for coaching students through the national postgraduate entrance exam, said on social media that children, parents and schools had devoted&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3366668\/should-chinese-schools-demote-english-core-subject-discuss?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostCalls to reduce English\u2019s status as a core subject in China\u2019s education system have resurfaced after an internet-famous maths teacher urged the country to&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157130"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=157130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/157130\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=157130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=157130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=157130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}