To what end? The closure of thousands of schools, the redundancy of tens of thousands of teachers and employees can only have one effect - the loss of millions of Yuan in tax revenue for the Chinese government.

Given the fact that the Chinese are pretty resourceful, the government would only be driving the whole industry underground.

Over the last few years, China has embraced certain Western values, amongst which is 'capitalism'. There are more dollar billionaires in China than there are in America, despite its huge population. Hiding behind the protection of China's 'cultural values' comes this crazy idea that the West should suddenly be shut-out, and that hundreds of thousands of kids should be deprived of the opportunity to study English.

I don't believe a word of it !