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2021.08.09

07:44

VIPKid to Cease Selling Foreign-Based Tutoring Courses to Students in China

VIPKID, a leading online English education provider for children, announced Saturday evening that it will no longer sell new lesson packages involving foreign teachers from Aug. 7 and will no longer renew lessons involving foreign teachers for existing users from Aug. 9, following the implementation of China's "double reduction" policy aimed at reducing the burden on students and easing financial pressures on families that have contributed to low birth rates.

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