By linear extrapolation, one may conclude that China will reach its goal in 2025, while the US will only reach its goal in 2539
There’s actually illiterate people in America? Wow, I need to expand my social circle or something
I’m not sure if I get that correctly but are you making fun of people protesting against homelessness? Besides: I’m not a native speak but the sign seems totally fine to me and the message totally valid.
I think the pictures were chosen to contrast the conditions the kids are in. Kids in China are in classrooms getting education while children in US are protesting homelessness.
Thanks for this insight which adds nothing to the conversation since OP already answered me and I agreed with them
literacy rates in socialist countries be like
Is the ministry of education in China a reliable source?
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
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).
Even the CIA world fact book says 97% lmao