These include the acute shortage of qualified teachers, financial resources and appropriate educational resources (such as school buildings and textbooks) as well as the failure of most parents to send their children to school due to poverty.

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While defending Haier's strategy, Zhang Ruimin acknowledges that two constraints are already being felt even as the company gears up for international expansion: scarce financial resources and a shortage of qualified staff.

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