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Reining in corruption has been the main focus of China’s new president, Xi Jinping. But such campaigns are barely making a dent, critics say, in a country where children are shown as early as elementary school how to game the system. Almost everything, from admission to grades to teacher recommendations, is negotiable in Chinese schools if you know the right person or have enough cash, parents and teachers say. As a result, many believe, the education system is worsening rather than mending the vast gap between the elite and everyone else in China.

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Spanish vocalist Antonio Lizana draws out the flamenco influences in the great Cuban composer Ernesto Lecuona’s “Gitanerias” and Lebanese trumpeter Ibrahim Maalouf brings a doleful beauty to “Venga la Esperenza,” a ballad by the influential Cuban troubadour Silvio Rodriguez. “Cuba will be in my music forever, but the U.S. is very multicultural and I’m collaborating with artists from all over the world,” says Rodriguez, 30, who performs Monday at Kuumbwa. He returns to the Bay Area over the summer for performances at the SFJAZZ Center (Aug. 13), San Jose Jazz’s Summer Fest (Aug. 14), and the Monterey Jazz Festival (Sept. 16).