Beijing Bayi School (Chinese: 北京市八一学校), also known as the August 1st School, is a public elementary through high school with three campuses in Haidian District, Beijing.[1]
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Tetsushi Takahashi of Nikkei Shimbun wrote that Beijing Bayi School is "prestigious".[2] Evan Osnos of New Yorker wrote that the "exclusive" Beijing Bayi School was known as the "cradle of leaders" (领袖摇篮; lǐngxiù yáolán).[3]
History
editNie Rongzhen established the school in 1947.[4]
From 2013, Shattuck-Saint Mary's of Minnesota, USA operated an expansion campus in the Bayi School. The partnership ended in 2016 over disagreements regarding control and funding.[5]
Campuses
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The school has three campuses: Main, North, and Elementary.[1]
The original campus was in a building that previously functioned as a residence for a prince who lived in the Qing Dynasty.[3] It is about 10 kilometers (6.2 mi) north of Zhongnanhai, the residential facility for the top leadership of China.[2]
Student body and student culture
editTakahashi stated that in the era prior to the Cultural Revolution, descendants of the leaders of the Chinese Communist Party, known as "second-generation reds", were enrolled at Beijing Bayi School.[2]
Osnos wrote that in the pre-Cultural Revolution period the pupils "formed a small, close-knit élite; they lived in the same compounds, summered at the same retreats, and shared a sense of noblesse oblige."[3]
Mi Hedu, author of The Red Guard Generation, wrote that pre-Cultural Revolution pupils "compared one another on the basis of whose father had a higher rank, whose father rode in a better car."[3]
Notable alumni
edit- Xi Jinping, paramount leader of China[2][3] - attended at the elementary and junior high school levels, graduated in 1968[6][7][8]
- Khemmani Pholsena, daughter of former Lao Minister of Foreign Affairs Quinim Pholsena - attended school in Beijing between 1963 and 1969[9][failed verification]
- Yu Zhengsheng, Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference - attended at the elementary level
- Deng Pufang, Vice Chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference - attended at the elementary level
References
edit- ^ a b "联系我们". Beijing Bayi School. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
总部 地 址： 北京海淀区苏州街29号 邮 编： 100080 北校区 地 址： 北京海淀区 草场乙73号 邮 编： 100080 小学部 地址：北京市海淀区彩和坊路19号 邮 编： 100080
- ^ a b c d Takahashi, Tetsushi (2002-06-01). "Connecting the dots of the Hong Kong law and veneration of Xi". Nikkei Shimbun. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
- ^ a b c d e Osnos, Evan (2015-03-30). "Born Red". New Yorker. Retrieved 2020-10-23. - The article refers to the school as the "August 1st School".
- ^ Wang, Jianfen; Chen, Ziyan (2018-06-01). "What we can learn from Xi's childhood". China Daily. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
- ^ "Shattuck shuts down school in Beijing, still plans for major international expansion". 30 August 2016.
- ^ Wang, Mingjie (2017-02-13). "Jersey school opens world's 1,000th Confucius center". China Daily. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
- ^ "第二批校友名录公示（61届—65届小学毕业 缺62年毕业生名单）" (in Chinese). Beijing Bayi School Alumni Association. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ "第四批校友名录公示（61届—70届初中毕业生 71届—79届部分初中毕业生 缺73届、78届初中毕业生）" (in Chinese). Beijing Bayi School Alumni Association. Archived from the original on 2020-12-27. Retrieved 2020-12-12.
- ^ "US-ASEAN Business Council | H.E. Khemmani Pholsena". US-ASEAN Business Council. Retrieved 2021-04-13.
Further reading
editExternal links
edit- Beijing Bayi School (in Chinese)
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