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The Founder Of A Chinese School Has Been Jailed For Nearly Three Years After Illegally Imprisoning Youngsters To Curb Their Internet Addiction

2021-01-01T08:59:03Z

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[ Many parents use the so-called 'digital detox' rehab camps as a last resort to stem their children's dependence on the virtual world. A CCTV report shows a finger-thick steel cable, which was said to be used by teachers in the rehabilitation institute to punish 'troublesome' students. The court did not confirm the claims Teenagers receive 'musicotherapy' at a school in Jinan on August 22, 2010. Chinese authority has vowed to crack down on the physical abuse found at digital rehab camps in the country Wu and the other criminals operated the Yuzhang Shuyuan Institute in south-east China's Nanchang city. The facility charged 31,250 yuan (£3,546) for a six-month term and targeted at parents who were desperate to put a stop to their child's fixation on the web, reported state broadcaster On the promotional material, the school, a historic brand in China, billed itself as a vocational education centre that used Confucius philosophy to give 'teenagers in crisis' a chance of a better life. Pictures posted by the school on its social media account showed students dressed in traditional Chinese uniform. They are seen reading classic literature and practising calligraphy. But in reality, the students were subject to unlawful secret imprisonment. Yuzhang Shuyuan Institute has been accused of using cruel punishment on students to help them overcome their addiction to the internet. The school in Nanchang, China, is a historic brand. The picture was taken by a People's Daily journalist while visiting the school in 2013 In pictures taken by media, students in the school are seen reading classic literature, practising calligraphy in class and bowing to a Confucius statue. However, a former student who was sent to the school for her web-addiction has revealed shocking details in the school In an open trial on Tuesday, the Qingshan Lake District People's Court in Nanchang found the gang guilty of conducting unlawful detention, according to a court The judge said the defendants stripped students of their freedom between May 2013 and November 2017 by forcing the youngsters to stay at the school's 'meditation room' days on end. Twelve students, including 11 minors, were detained in this illegal manner after they had been sent to the school by their parents, the court said. A self-described former student, who calls herself 'Shan Ni Ma Da Wang' (pictured), described her horrifying experience to a journalist from Beijing Times. She claimed she was beaten and locked up in a small cell for days after being taken to the school by force in 2014 A young Chinese internet addict receives an electroencephalogram check at the Beijing Military Region Central Hospital July 6, 2005, in Beijing. Many parents use the so-called 'digital detox' rehab camps as a last resort to curbing their children's fixation on the digital world Wu, the school's founder an[ Many parents use the so-called 'digital detox' rehab camps as a last resort to stem their children's dependence on the virtual world. A CCTV report shows a finger-thick steel cable, which was said to be used by teachers in the rehabilitation institute to punish 'troublesome' students. The court did not confirm the claims Teenagers receive 'musicotherapy' at a school in Jinan on August 22, 2010. Chinese authority has vowed to crack down on the physical abuse found at digital rehab camps in the country Wu and the other criminals operated the Yuzhang Shuyuan Institute in south-east China's Nanchang city. The facility charged 31,250 yuan (£3,546) for a six-month term and targeted at parents who were desperate to put a stop to their child's fixation on the web, reported state broadcaster On the promotional material, the school, a historic brand in China, billed itself as a vocational education centre that used Confucius philosophy to give 'teenagers in crisis' a chance of a better life. Pictures posted by the school on its social media account showed students dressed in traditional Chinese uniform. They are seen reading classic literature and practising calligraphy. But in reality, the students were subject to unlawful secret imprisonment. Yuzhang Shuyuan Institute has been accused of using cruel punishment on students to help them overcome their addiction to the internet. The school in Nanchang, China, is a historic brand. The picture was taken by a People's Daily journalist while visiting the school in 2013 In pictures taken by media, students in the school are seen reading classic literature, pra[ On the promotional material, the school, a historic brand in China, billed itself as a vocational education centre that used Confucius philosophy to give 'teenagers in crisis' a chance of a better life. Pictures posted by the school on its social media account showed students dressed in traditional Chinese uniform. They are seen reading classic literature and practising calligraphy. But in reality, the students were subject to unlawful secret imprisonment. Yuzhang Shuyuan Institute has been accused of using cruel punishment on students to help them overcome their addiction to the internet. The school in Nanchang, China, is a historic brand. The picture was taken by a People's Daily journalist while visiting the school in 2013 In pictures taken by media, students in the school are seen reading classic literature, practising calligraphy in class and bowing to a Confucius statue. However, a former student who was sent to the school for her web-addiction has revealed shocking details in the school In an open trial on Tuesday, the Qingshan Lake District People's Court in Nanchang found the gang guilty of conducting unlawful detention, according to a court The judge said the defendants stripped students of their freedom between May 2013 and November 2017 by forcing the youngsters to stay at the school's 'meditation room' days on end. Twelve students, including 11 minors, were detained in this illegal manner after they had been sent to the school by their parents, the court said. A self-described former student, who calls herself 'Shan Ni Ma Da Wang' (pictured), described her horrifying experience to a journalist from Beijing Times. She claimed she was beaten and locked up in a small cell for days after being taken to the school by force in 2014 A young Chinese internet addict receives an electroencephalogram check at the Beijing Military Region Central Hospital July 6, 2005, in Beijing. Many parents use the so-called 'digital detox' rehab camps as a last resort to curbing their children's fixation on the digital world Wu, the school's founder and chairman, was sentenced to two years and 10 months imprisonment. Ren, the headmaster, was handed a prison sentence of two years and seven months. Zhang, the security director, and Qu, an instructor, were each jailed for 22 months and 11 months. All of them said they were considering appealing against the ruling. Another teacher, Chen, was spared criminal punishment.][ The judge said the defendants stripped students of their freedom between May 2013 and November 2017 by forcing the youngsters to stay at the school's 'meditation room' days on end. Twelve students, including 11 minors, were detained in this illegal manner after they had been sent to the school by their parents, the court said. A self-described former student, who calls herself 'Shan Ni Ma Da Wang' (pictured), described her horrifying experience to a journalist from Beijing Times. She claimed she was beaten and locked up in a small cell for days after being taken to the school by force in 2014 A young Chinese internet addict receives an electroencephalogram check at the Beijing Military Region Central Hospital July 6, 2005, in Beijing. Many parents use the so-called 'digital detox' rehab camps as a last resort to curbing their children's fixation on the digital world Wu, the school's founder and chairman, was sentenced to two years and 10 months imprisonment. Ren, the headmaster, was handed a prison sentence of two years and seven months. Zhang, the security director, and Qu, an instructor, were each jailed for 22 months and 11 months. All of them said they were considering appealing against the ruling. Another teacher, Chen, was spared criminal punishment.]

Green Or Red Light: China Virus App Is Ticket To Everywhere

2020-12-31T17:08:52Z

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Privacy concerns surrounding the use of technology to fight the coronavirus weigh less heavily in China than in Europe To enter many offices, restaurants, parks or malls in China nowadays, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-huu-nghi-quan-nam-ninh-que-lam-4-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] people must show their status on an app that determines whether they are a coronavirus threat. There is often a moment of tension before opening the app on arriving at a location. A green light lets you in anywhere. A yellow light could send you into home confinement. The dreaded red light throws a person into a strict two-week quarantine at a hotel. Such controversial use of technology has raised alarm in Europe as countries including Britain, France and Switzerland look into launching their own apps to trace infections. But use has mushroomed across China, where the government keeps a close eye on the population and collects troves of personal data. Many Chinese people say they are happy to cooperate for the greater good. "We are in a special context with this epidemic, so divulging my movements doesn't bother me," said Debora Lu, a 30-year-old Shanghai resident. "Human life is more important." - Travel pass - There is more than one tracking app in China. An app by the State Council, China's cabinet, uses GPS locations shared by telecommunications companies -- the kind of data sharing that might not be permissible in Western democracies. Tracking apps allow authorities to look back at someone's travel history in the previous 14 days and see if they visited areas considered high risk for COVID-19 It allows authorities to look back at someone's travel history in the previous 14 days and see if they visited areas considered high risk or were exposed to anyone with COVID-19. The app appears to have had some glitches. The health code of many foreigners in China inexplicably turned yellow one day in April. When an AFP reporter encountered a similar issue more recently, the app turned green again after he turned it off and on several times. Other applications do not use GPS data but rely on a host of alternative information. The capital Beijing has a "Health Kit" program that [http://search.usa.gov/search?affiliate=usagov&query=displays displays] whether people have taken a train or plane, passed a road checkpoint into the city or have been tested for the virus. Police, health authorities and neighbourhood committees that are ubiquitous in the communist-ruled country feed information into the software. Otherwise, all the apps basically work in the same way. After downloading the app, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-huu-nghi-quan-nam-ninh-que-lam-4-ngay.html tour du lịch quế lâm] users enter their name, identity card number, telephone number and sometimes a photo. The program then gives the person a coloured health code. The apps have become a necessity for travel in China, to book train or plane tickets or enter many public places, though not all establishments require them, such as supermarkets. - Giving up privacy - Beijing's city government insists the apps "are only used in the fight against the epidemic" and have access to just surnames and the last two digits of ID numbers. A driver scans a QR code to register information before entering a community in the border city of Suifenhe, in China's northeastern Heilongjiang province "There is a difference between Chinese and Western culture," said Cui Xiaohui, a professor at the big data analysis and AI research centre at the University of Wuhan -- the city where the virus first emerged late last year. "Most Chinese people are ready to sacrifice a little bit of their private life if it is really for their health," Cui said. Li Song, a 37-year-old actor, agrees. "We are already super-connected and there is no debate on the use of geolocation," said Li, a Shanghai resident whose app was red when he returned from a trip to France and turned green once his two-week quarantine ended. It is not so simple in European democracies. The Swiss government's original plans to roll out an app were thwarted by parliament, which decided it needed a proper legal basis to press ahead. If approved, the Swiss app will be optional and no personal data or location information will be used, the government says. In France, the StopCovid app being developed would allow users who become sick to anonymously alert people they may have come across. It would not use GPS location technology. Britain is also trialling a new phone app to identify localised outbreaks. "China doesn't have specific laws or regulations yet on the protection of personal data," said Zhou Lina, a professor specialising in data protection at the Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications. But the country has other legislation, including a cybersecurity law passed in 2017, that partially covers the issue and curbs abuses by companies online. These laws would not stop authorities from accessing personal data however, said Jeremy Daum, senior research fellow at Yale Law School's Paul Tsai China Center, noting that police have "enormous power" to collect information. "Government access to information is not held to the same standards and the law assumes that internal checks are sufficient to stop government abuses," Daum said.

Learning Mandarin In China Is Best

2020-12-29T09:25:18Z

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Where you will study Mandarin is almost as important as how you will study Mandarin. Choosing a location that is not conducive to cultivating good language learning habits means you will spend much more time (actually, much less time) studying than you would like. In this section we will discuss learning Mandarin in and outside of China. Learners who study Mandarin in China will find that they develop much faster than those who study in their home countries. This is because those in China are immersed in the language, meaning they not only have 24/7 access to the language via TV, radio, etc., but they also have countless opportunities to use the language in their day-to-day lives. It is quite common for someone who studies six months or less in China to surpass their counterparts who spend four years or longer learning at the university level. 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The best classrooms at the best universities with the best teachers cannot make you put into practice what you use in the classroom outside of the classroom. The more opportunity you have to practice outside the classroom, the greater the chances that you will succeed in reaching your language learning goals. As Caroline lives in an area with a very small English-speaking community, she will practically be forced to speak Mandarin every day. Cities such as Harbin generally have very few English-speaking locals. This means that Caroline will have to speak Mandarin when she goes grocery shopping, visits restaurants, takes cab rides, etc. in order to communicate. There will also be fewer locals pressuring her into speaking English. It is also much more likely that most of her friends will be Chinese locals who cannot speak English. By having no other choice than to speak Mandarin day in and day out, [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-huu-nghi-quan-nam-ninh-que-lam-4-ngay.html tour du lịch quế lâm] Caroline will very quickly learn to think in Mandarin. This will quicken her response time and make her sound more natural when she speaks as she will no longer need to translate back and forth from English to Mandarin. Dialect and L1 interference Harbin locals only speak Mandarin. Mandarin is their mother language. They do not speak any other "dialect" of Chinese. On the other hand, Shanghaiese is the mother language in Shanghai, not Mandarin. (Review our discussion above on the how "dialects" in China are actually mutually incomprehensible languages, and do not have much in common.) This means that most Shanghai locals grow up as children speaking Shanghaiese, and begin learning Mandarin once they start school. In language learning, the most common source of errors for any learner is L1 interference. L1 simply means "language one", or mother language. For example, an American's L1 is English. A Russian's L1 is Russian. In China, a locals L1 is usually whatever local "dialect" is spoken. A local indigenous to Guangdong (the province bordering Hong Kong) will likely speak Cantonese as his or her L1. A local indigenous to Shanghai will likely speak Shanghaiese as his or [https://www.kynghidongduong.vn/tours/tour-trung-quoc-huu-nghi-quan-nam-ninh-que-lam-4-ngay.html kynghidongduong.vn] her L1. L1 interference is when a learner's mother language causes them to make an error in L2, or his or her second language. For example, a student whose L1 is Mandarin and L2 is English is likely to pronounce the word "volleyball" as "wolleyball", replacing the "v" with a "w". This is because the "v" sound does not exist in Mandarin. The student's brain and mouth makes up for the inability to produce a "v" sound by replacing it with the sound/mouth movement which most closely resembles that sound. In this case, "w" is closest to "v". In Shanghai, many locals do not pronounce words ending in -g correctly, often times negating to pronounce the -g sound. For example, the word for "class" or "course", kecheng is often pronounced kechen. Many Chinese from the south also fail to correctly pronounce consonant + -h initials (e.g. sh, ch, zh). How does this apply to you learning Mandarin in Shanghai? Well, if your teacher is a local from Shanghai, grew up speaking Shanghaiese, and learned Mandarin in school, she's learned Mandarin as an L2, and it is very likely she speaks Mandarin with a Shanghaiese accent. As you learn from this teacher, you'll be speaking your own foreign-accented Mandarin with a Shanghaiese accent. Essentially, you'll be speaking Mandarin with two accents. Starting to see the problem here? With Mandarin already being a pronunciation-sensitive language, you want to speak with as standard as an accent as possible, meaning you want to sound like a Chinese from northeast China, not like someone from southern China. To be fair, anyone teaching Mandarin at a university or public school, or anyone offering tutoring services in Mandarin, is likely to speak standard Mandarin (though not guaranteed). It is also likely that most big cities will be comprised of people who come from all parts of China, and communicate with one another using standard Mandarin. With that said, the majority of the population will be made up of locals, and remember what we said above? It is not just about having a good teacher with standard Mandarin. It is about having an environment in which you can immerse yourself in standard pronunciation. Having a teacher who speaks flawless Mandarin can be counterproductive if none of the locals do. It would be like learning American English in Scotland. (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push(); English speaking population Being immersed in standard Mandarin is more than half the battle. However, another issue you should seriously consider is the native-English-speaking resident population and student body of the place you are choosing. Quite simply, the more English speakers a given location has, the more English will be spoken. Beijing Language and Culture University in Beijing, for example, is comprised largely of non-Chinese. This means that should you decide to attend BLCU, you could be tempted to speak more English and make more English-speaking friends than you would elsewhere. It all comes back to immersion and opportunities to practice. If you are immersed in and speaking the language every day, your skills will develop quickly. If you are immersed, but hang out only with other English speakers, and spend little time actually using what you are learning in the classroom, your skills will not develop quickly. 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