<P> Corporal punishment in China was officially banned after the communist revolution in 1949 . The Compulsory Education Law of 1986 states: "It shall be forbidden to inflict physical punishment on students". In practice, beatings by schoolteachers are common, especially in rural areas . </P> <P> Colombian private and public schools were banned from using "penalties involving physical or psychological abuse" through the Children and Adolescents Code 2006, though it is not clear whether this also applies to indigenous communities . </P> <P> All corporal punishment, both in school and in the home, has been banned since 2008 . </P> <P> Corporal punishment is outlawed under Article 31 of the Education Act . </P>

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