[China] - Can China's kindergartens make it through steep drop-off in potential pupils

INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
The government-affiliated kindergarten that Lily Wang works for in northeastern China used to be reserved for the children of officials, but
China’s plunging birth rate means it is having to cast its net wider nowadays. “The leadership has shifted its approach, enlarging the
enrolment base and learning from the southern regions by adopting group-based management,” said Wang, a senior teacher at the kindergarten
in Harbin, Heilongjiang’s provincial capital. It began recruiting pupils from the...