Aerial view of Nanyang Model High School in Shanghai, China, one of the oldest public secondary schools in AsiaThe Nakano Junior and Senior High School Attached to Meiji University, an example of an affiliation of primary, secondary, and tertiary institutions common in China, Japan, and Korea.The Hall of Classics at Guozijian, in Beijing, China, which was the foremost Chinese institution of higher education throughout the Yuan, Ming, and Qingdynasties. During the imperial era of China, only a small fraction of the population received formal education.Academic buildings at Peking University, the modern successor of the Guozijian and a top-ranked university in China, Asia, and globally.