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Lessons after dark light up the night

More urbanites are taking interest-based evening classes for education, entertainment and socialization.

Updated: 2024-01-27 10:03 ( China Daily )

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Wang Fei (left) teaches painting during a night school class in Wuhan's Hongshan district.[Photo provided by Du Zixuan/Xinhua]

Many Chinese associate night schools with the evening classes that universities began to offer in the 1980s, mostly to teach technical knowledge or grant college diplomas for middle school graduates. Such practical institutions, however, were gradually phased out by the popularization of higher education.