You could say it's central to their culture. Sort of goes for most Asian cultures, the education of children is something Asian parents will sacrifice greatly for.

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foobarian a year ago | parent [-]

Curious that education is valued so much, but then there are cycles of uprisings where educated people are targeted (Cambodia, Chairman Mao, ..)

	▲	ReptileMan a year ago \| parent \| next [-]
		As always the revolution starts from the competing elites. The culture revolution happened because CCP couldn't allow any form of alternative power centers.
	▲	hnthrowaway0315 a year ago \| parent \| prev [-]
		It's a bit more complicated than that though.