Xue Zhaofeng is leaving his job at Peking University in favour of online teaching. Photo: Handout
Xue Zhaofeng is leaving his job at Peking University in favour of online teaching. Photo: Handout

Meet the professor who turned his back on one of China’s top universities after online classes made him an academic celebrity

Peking University economist Xue Zhaofeng attracted 250,000 subscribers for his online classes through an app and brought in almost US$8m in the space of a year 

Xue Zhaofeng is leaving his job at Peking University in favour of online teaching. Photo: Handout
Xue Zhaofeng is leaving his job at Peking University in favour of online teaching. Photo: Handout
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