Oh look, I'm reading Chinese.

My mum's pleasantly surprised that my internet browser actually showed chinese words, even more so when she realised it was a full chinese webpage.
Honestly, I'm starting to like reading Chinese. It just happened.
And I just finished reading China's CCTV internet news report on school uniforms.
It seems that Schools there are making a great profit out of selling uniforms.
School uniforms in china are not compulsory but parents buy them because they have no other choice, bo bian.


不过，按照国家实行“一费制”的要求 ，校服是自愿购买的。然而记者在调查中发现，在所谓的“自愿”背后更多的是家长的无奈。 　　

无论城市还是农村中小学几乎都要求学生购买校服。 　　

上海教育工作者：统一校服对学校管理 学生养成良好纪律比较有利。 　　

多数学校的校服分为冬夏两套，虽然没有硬性规定购买，但要求学生在一些集体活动中必须得穿。 　　

学生家长：别人都有，我没有，升旗的时候怎么办？星期一怎么办？假如学校开运动会，开什么会非要全部娃儿要穿校服。

It's like normal in SG to buy uniform, but anyway, here's the profiting part.

The reporter visited a parent who dished out the child's uniforms and complained about the lousy material like how difficult it is to wash it and how even more frustrating it is to remove dirt from it. 48 yuan's the price.

A visit to Chong Qing's largest uniform distributor revealed that such uniform costs merely 20 yuan. Another check elsewhere found certain uniforms to be at a mere 4.5 yuan.

So check out the profits schools are earning. Reference