A Harvard girl carnival: Comments on media reaction to a Chinese girl’s admission into Harvard
Posted in China, China marketing, Chinese education, Chinese media, Culture, Harvard on Apr 9th, 2007
A girl from Shanghai named Tang Meijie — featured in the New York Times Magazine article “Re-Education” — soon became the focus of major media in China following her admission into Harvard College in December, 2004. The press talked her up as every Chinese parent’s dream child. Headlines such as “What Does Her Success Tell [...]