Ming
Buddha
9 October
2006, Monday
A gold-platting Buddha
statue created during the reign of Emperor
Yongle of Ming Dynasty
(1402 – 1424) has returned to China. A
Xiamen company won the auction held in
Hong Kong for 116 million HK$, which is
the highest price ever paid for a Chinese
article.
It is one of two biggest
Buddhist statues from that period known
for their exquisite craftsmanship.
The winner says it plans
to build a temple to house the statue.
7000-Year
Old Articles Unearthed
Free
Education
for Students in
West Region
From 2006, primary and
high school students in China’s poor
western region no longer need to pay
their school
fees. Instead,
students from families with financial
difficulties will receive 300 yuans of
allowance each year. Many children
previously forced to quit school have
returned to the classroom.
The things are improving
for the tertiary students too. According
to the new policy, once they have served
as a hands-on worker in a poor western
region for a minimum three years, they’ll
be no longer required to pay back the
high education loans.
A spokesman for China’s
Education Ministry said recently that the
goal of the Chinese education is to offer
an equal opportunity in education for all
children, those in urban areas and in
countryside, and those from affluent
families and of poor background.
It is a 180 degree u turn
of China’s education policy. Last year
a response by the same spokesman to the
question regarding sky rock high school
fees caused a great public fury. He was
reportedly said that education is a
business and that if you don’t have
much money you shouldn’t think of going
to a good school.
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