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by Daho0n 1905 days ago
That doesn't change the fact that all tests and statistics shows Chinese students are better educated than American counterparts. Since more Chinese are in poorer schools those numbers are loop sided against Chinese students which make it even worse.

But that you think you both know better than a Chinese person and didn't even bother to put in some links to facts (unlike those liked that disagree, like the Pisa test) says enough.
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mercutio2 1905 days ago
The PISA scores are not for “China”. They’re for a tiny percentage of China’s population, living in the wealthiest districts, with the most sought after 户口.

The gathered statistics are in no way comparable to Western countries which gather scores from all districts, rich and poor alike.

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carmen_sandiego 1905 days ago
You're conveniently circling an arbitrary part of the chart and saying 'look over here!' but it's disingenuous.

For example, Chinese tertiary attainment is half that of the US:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_tertiary_...

Again, soap and hygiene. Since when do we compare education levels only on basic literacy and numeracy?

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Daho0n 1905 days ago
Since Americans started leaving schools without knowledge of basic English skills. We were talking about English skills, not how top universities fare in tests.
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carmen_sandiego 1905 days ago
> We were talking about English skills

No, 'educated' was the term used. I'm not sure why you would think we're only talking about basic 'English' skills.

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