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2022.03.01

15:00

Chinese Edtech firm New Oriental fined for misleading ads

Asian Tech Press (Mar. 1) -- New Oriental Education, China's leading private tutoring firm was fined 400,000 yuan ($63,372) for allegedly using false or misleading prices in advertising to lure consumers.

2021.11.26

05:02

New Oriental said to open online Chinese courses in U.S.

Asian Tech Press (Nov 26) -- New Oriental Education, China's leading private tutoring firm, has recently started to offer online Chinese language courses in the United States, according to media reports.

2021.11.08

12:16

New Oriental to quit 1,500 teaching schools amid new off-site tutoring rules

Asian Tech Press (Nov 8) -- New Oriental Education, China's leading private tutoring firm announced on Sunday that it will quit renting nearly 1,500 teaching schools, due to new off-site tutoring rules to reduce 'twin pressures' of homework and tutoring on children.

2021.08.13

06:10

EdTech company Emeritus raises $650 mln from SoftBank, Accel

EdTech company Emeritus announced that it raised $650 million in Series E funding, valuing the company at $3.2 billion. The investment was led by global venture capital firm Accel and Softbank's Vision Fund 2.

2021.07.20

06:25

SoftBank co-leads $200m round of Australia's First EdTech Unicorn Go1

Go1, an Australian-based enterprise learning platform, has recently closed a $200 million Series D round of funding.

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