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[–] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee -2 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Is the ministry of education in China a reliable source?

[–] yogthos@lemmygrad.ml 25 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Why wouldn't be a reliable source on education in China?

[–] ikilledtheradiostar@hexbear.net 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Pls only cite sources vetted by the cia

[–] Sasuke@hexbear.net 15 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Is the US Census Bureau a reliable source?

[–] Dolores@hexbear.net 7 points 1 year ago

true that 90% in 1950 was probably padded

[–] NoGodsNoMasters@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm going to go with yes. 97% isn't an unreasonable literacy rate for a country, being similar to those of Greece, the Philippines, Turkey, and Chile. It would also make sense given the emphasis that has been put on education

[–] Colour_me_triggered@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Forgive me for being sceptical. I've worked with a lot of Chinese researchers who have said outright that I should never cite a paper from China unless it's published in nature or I know the authors personally (because it's so often falsified).

[–] NoGodsNoMasters@hexbear.net 3 points 1 year ago

Fwiw the same stats (or similar ones) are corroborated by other sources