[TRENDING] China's tutoring ban hits overseas teachers and cultural links
Teachers will be cut off from a major source of income as China cracks down on online tutoring platforms.BEIJING - Every morning, Sam Josti logged on from her US home to teach children halfway around the world, just one of thousands of foreign language tutors giving Chinese students a rare window into Western culture.
That came to a crashing halt in August when Beijing announced education reforms that banned tutoring firms from hiring overseas teachers. "I understand wanting to take pressure off parents... but not why it's been so sudden and harsh," said 44-year-old Josti, a former elementary school teacher who switched to full-time online tutoring in 2017.
"A lot of what went on was edutainment -- fun, interactive short lessons with native speakers, and it was great cross-cultural communication," he told AFP.
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