{"id":649,"date":"2023-10-24T03:58:51","date_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:58:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/2023\/10\/24\/are-summer-camps-ripping-off-chinese-students\/"},"modified":"2023-10-24T03:58:51","modified_gmt":"2023-10-23T19:58:51","slug":"are-summer-camps-ripping-off-chinese-students","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hiredchina.com\/articles\/are-summer-camps-ripping-off-chinese-students\/","title":{"rendered":"Are Summer Camps Ripping Off Chinese Students"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cI cannot afford my daughter\u2019s summer holiday expense even if my monthly pay is 30,000 yuan,\u201d this is a complaint from a mother in south China\u2019s Guangdong Province. Her post soon sparked a heated debate online, as many middle class parents in China say th<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cI cannot afford my daughter\u2019s summer holiday expense even if my monthly pay is 30,000 yuan,\u201d this is a complaint from a mother in south China\u2019s Guangdong Province. Her post soon sparked a heated debate online, as many middle class parents in China say they are facing the same dilemma.\"1.jpg\"Photo: Internet<\/p>\n

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Summer camps are growing in popularity across China during the long summer vacation. Often designed with an educational purpose, summer camps are priced at around 20,000 yuan (3,000 US dollars) each.<\/p>\n

However, children attending summer camps can hardly take lessons or learn from any field trips, as many trips are mixed with shopping and touring projects.<\/p>\n

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