Sensitive words: “political background check”

Language Log 2018-11-09

Summary:

Article by Mandy Zuo in today's (11/9/18) South China Morning Post, "Chinese education officials sorry for announcing Mao-style political background check on students": Education authorities in southwest China have apologised after they hit a raw nerve by announcing students must pass a “political background check” before they can take the national university entrance exam next […]

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http://languagelog.ldc.upenn.edu/nll/?p=40615

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Authors:

Victor Mair

Date tagged:

11/09/2018, 21:21

Date published:

11/09/2018, 19:38