教育

China’s ‘Godfather of education’ faces existential test

Yu Minhong rose from poverty to lead one of the world’s biggest education groups

When he is an old man in a wheelchair, Yu Minhong once said, he wants to roll himself into the classroom to tell students: “I’m the founder of this university.”

Today, however, the 58-year-old “Godfather” of Chinese education is fighting for the survival of his empire.

New Oriental Education — the New York-listed group that Yu reared from a single classroom in a rundown building in Beijing in 1993 to the biggest private sector education provider in the world’s most populous country — has been brought low by sweeping reforms spearheaded by Xi Jinping, China’s president.

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