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description: "A jaw-dropping fact: China, with the world's second-largest GDP, often has 40 or even 50 students per class in primary and secondary schools. The per capita educational resources are comparable to those in Africa or Gaza during wartime. The issue of having 50 students in a single class once made headlines on the United Nations human rights page."
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author: "[浩浩小课堂](https://longbridge.com/en/profiles/19784218.md)"
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# A jaw-dropping fact: China, with the world's secon…