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Why China Is Requiring Ninth Graders to Read ‘Jane Eyre’

The Victorian heroine has long been celebrated in China for her independence and insistence on equality.

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A woman reads at a bookstore in Beijing in August. “Jane Eyre” has found generations of readers in China since it was first translated into Chinese a century ago.

In Trumpeting His Ballroom Project, Trump Has Used China as an Example

President Trump has repeatedly cited the Great Hall of the People in Beijing as inspiration and competition with his own design.

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The Great Hall of the People was built in less than a year starting in late 1958. Mao Zedong had called for its construction years earlier.

Ex-Commander of China’s Military Accused of Corruption and Expelled From Party

Zhang Youxia, once the People’s Liberation Army’s top uniformed commander, and another general had taken “exceptionally large” bribes, investigators said.

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Zhang Youxia at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing in 2025.
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