A 30-year-old Beijing couple spent ¥12 million ($1.7 million) on a 50-square-meter apartment just to secure a spot in a top primary school. This is not ...
China runs the largest education system on earth: about 290 million students, roughly $900 billion a year in total spending, and more university graduates than any ...
Three years after China's 'Double Reduction' policy, what actually changed in schools, families and the tutoring industry? A grounded look at the rules, the real-life effects ...
Tutoring is officially restricted, homework is capped, and yet Saturday mornings in Chinese cities still look like a second school week. A look at the machinery ...
Roughly one in four children in China grows up with at least one parent working in another city. This is what that split looks like from ...
At exactly 12:00, a bell rings in a school in Chengdu. Students line up for lunch: rice, stir-fried pork, green vegetables, and soup—all still hot. It ...
In China's southwestern universities, one-year preparatory programs give ethnic minority students extra time to build academic skills before starting their bachelor's degrees. Meet the students navigating ...
At dawn, teacher Li Wei walks up the mountain path to a school with only three students left. As China's villages empty out, his classroom is ...
In a tiny primary school perched at 2,500 meters in Sichuan, 5G has brought live classes from top city teachers. Here's how China is using next-gen ...
In September, millions of Chinese university freshmen trade casual clothes for camouflage. This month-long "military training" is less about combat and more about a shared cultural ...