China students upset over mandatory summer drills


	China students upset over mandatory summer drills

rmowery

7-5-2009 11:31 PM

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china, communism, drills, students

rmowery says:

I have to question this quote, since when did they really ever have "freedom"?
"I'm really furious!" said 21-year-old Li, furrowing her brow as she sipped kiwi juice at a cafe after a compulsory jog that began at 6:30 a.m. "We have completely lost our freedom!"

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