en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jiang_Xueqin
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In 2002, Jiang initiated educational reforms at Shenzhen Middle School.
This gets the date and the person wrong. Major reforms at Shenzhen Middle School were launched by principal Wang Zheng in 2002; Jiang joined the school in 2008 to run one reform program.
Full reasoning
Multiple sources contradict this sentence.
- ChinaFile says Jiang "helped establish an experimental high-school program in Shenzhen in 2008," not 2002.
- Sixth Tone reports that Wang Zheng "initiated sweeping educational reforms after taking charge of the school in 2002," and that "In 2008, Wang handpicked 32-year-old Jiang Xueqin for the job."
- Jiang's own 2010 blog biography says: "In September 2008, Shenzhen Middle School ... hired me to establish a program" for students planning to enroll in U.S. universities.
So the article appears to have mixed up Wang Zheng's 2002 reforms with Jiang's 2008 arrival at Shenzhen Middle School.
3 sources
- Solving China's Schools: An Interview with Jiang Xueqin | ChinaFile
A Canadian citizen whose parents emigrated from China, Jiang, who is thirty-seven, helped establish an experimental high-school program in Shenzhen in 2008 and now works for Tsinghua Fuzhong.
- Bitter Lessons From a Chinese Education Reformer | Sixth Tone
Wang, a controversial figure in Chinese education, initiated sweeping educational reforms after taking charge of the school in 2002... In 2008, Wang handpicked 32-year-old Jiang Xueqin for the job.
- An Education in China: Education in China (Diplomat)
In September 2008, Shenzhen Middle School, China's most progressive public high school, hired me to establish a program for Chinese students who plan to enrol as undergraduates in US colleges and universities.