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A primary schoolboy in China was slapped in the face nine times for “disrespecting” a teacher, sparking a fierce deabte on social media. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock
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China schoolboy slapped 9 times for disrespect after addressing teacher by name

Violent teacher suspended from position amid police investigation as parents reject US$700 compensation from school.

China’s private sector

How are new Chinese universities attracting top talent from around the world?

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Singapore

Being Chinese | In Singapore, my children are freer to be happy than I was in China

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Ex-China security guard becomes lawyer after decade auditing top courses

Hard-working, do-any-job man from poor rural background shows grit, determination to realise dream of joining fight for justice.

A hard-working ex-security guard in China has realised his dream of becoming lawyer after years of study at a top university. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin/QQ.com
Science

Chinese mathematicians say they have cracked century-old fluid mechanics puzzle

Pre-print paper prompts social media discussion over ‘a year of miracles for the Chinese mathematical community’.

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Two Sessions 2025

China urged to prepare students for challenges of AI and ageing population

At ‘two sessions’, Chinese lawmakers and political advisers call for changes to education system to ‘solve future problems’.

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Two Sessions 2025

China, it’s time for ‘the talk’: sex education urged for children

Years after Beijing called for ‘age-appropriate sex education for minors’, a national curriculum remains absent as China’s demographic crisis worsens.

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China’s National Health Commission is working with other departments to iron out details for a nationwide birth-subsidy plan that aims to incentivise parents to have children. Photo: Getty Images
Two Sessions 2025

Xi Jinping calls for education overhaul to ramp up China’s tech ambitions

Chinese president says training must be more responsive to the needs of economy and society.

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Two Sessions 2025

Is free preschool education the solution to China’s birth crisis?

The policy idea appears to be gaining momentum in China, with a proposal set to be made at this week’s ‘two sessions’.

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Science

Power shift in science? Why chemistry is thriving in China and dying in the US

As China forges ahead in chemistry research output, dominating the latest Nature Index, the West is cutting chemistry departments.

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Nature Index’s corporate contributions category highlights a deeper competitive dynamic, with the US still leading in transforming basic research into commercial products and China at a pivotal stage in overcoming this challenge. Photo: Shutterstock
DeepSeek

China grapples with how to teach children to use AI, and how to use it ethically

40 per cent of respondents in a northern Chinese high school used apps such as DeepSeek, Doubao and Kimi for winter break homework: report.

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Doubao, ByteDance’s AI chatbot, was among applications cited by Chinese high school students surveyed on AI use for homework. Photo: Shutterstock
Science

America’s loss, China’s gain: Chinese universities welcome PhD refugees from US

As the US cuts funding and suspends graduate admissions, China’s leading educational institutions are offering new academic pathways.

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Taiwan

Taiwan bans academic exchanges with 3 mainland Chinese universities

Island also says it won’t recognise degrees from the institutions because of their links to Beijing’s United Front Work Department.

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Science

Chinese in Musk’s Grok squad line up against China in race for AI supremacy

Media in China is taking notice of the large number of key developers, researchers and scientists born and educated in China at work in US.

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Around one-third of the founding members of xAI, which unveiled its latest chatbot Grok 3 on Tuesday, are reportedly of Chinese heritage. Illustration: Reuters
China's economic recovery

Latest action plan aims to boost foreign investment in China’s economy

Government wants foreign investment to ‘serve the high-quality development’ of country’s manufacturing industry.

Outpatients at a hospital in Beijing on January 8. Photo: AFP
Semiconductors

Ex-Apple engineer returns to China to teach about semiconductors at alma mater

Wang Huanyu joins a wave of Chinese scientists to leave the US and return home.

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China technology

China’s universities get students up to speed on DeepSeek with new AI classes

The domestic start-up’s runaway success has led some higher education institutions to create course programming on applications of its AI model.

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Science

Far more top-cited US scientists have papers retracted than Chinese peers: paper

Database records 55,000 retractions of papers from across the world and diverse fields between 2010 and 2024.

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A study led by John Ioannidis, a Stanford professor who scrutinises public research, found American and Chinese scientists had the most papers retracted - although for different reasons. Photo: Shutterstock
Mainland China

Are China’s rural poor losing faith in education’s power to transform lives?

Farmers are turning away from educating their children beyond compulsory schooling, a gap that could lead to a human capital crisis.

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China's economic recovery

China’s super-rich have a new must-have possession: their own university

For China’s billionaires, founding new universities offers a chance to make money – and demonstrate they are ‘politically correct’.

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China society

Opinion | How China can become an education powerhouse

From smaller class sizes to better access to schools and shorter semesters, key examples in other countries can help Beijing overhaul its education sector.

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Graduates sit by a Chinese flag during a graduation ceremony at Fudan University in Shanghai, in June 2013. Photo: Reuters
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China teacher uses AI to make pupil portraits, inspires children to chase dreams

Parents hail innovative teacher’s hi-tech approach to education, critics claim some of kid’s dreams are ‘unhealthy’ and ‘controversial’.

A primary school teacher in China is using artificial intelligence technology to create professional portraits of her students in the hope of inspiring them to chase their dreams. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin
Trending in China

Top China KOL rebuked for linking massive deposits to daughter’s job at bank

Education influencer with 26 million followers sparks controversy, says he will deposit wealth in bank daughter works at to secure her career path.

China manufacturing

Is low-tech vocational education hindering China’s hi-tech ambitions?

Few teachers have practical workplace experience, with limited opportunities in high-end manufacturing.

US-China tech war

Chinese boss in American Factory approved to launch university

A new institution proposed by Fuyao Glass founder and chairman Cao Dewang has received approval from China’s Education Ministry.

Cao Dewang, founder and chairman of Fuyao Glass. Photo: Simon Song
Jack Ma

AI to reshape the world, Alibaba founder Jack Ma tells Chinese rural teachers

Ma addressed a group of educators to mark the 10th anniversary of his eponymous foundation’s Rural Teachers Initiative.

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Alibaba Group Holding founder Jack Ma addresses a group of Chinese rural teachers online. Photo: Jack Ma Foundation
Trending in China

Bizarre China university courses include Harry Potter, manga character Detective Conan

Academics across nation introduce quirky, fun, engaging classes that see students learn difficult subject matter in unusual ways.

China's economic recovery

‘Degree worship’: China middle school sparks debate with elitist hiring policy

Suzhou Middle School provoked backlash after announcing that 10 of its 13 new hires had graduated from elite universities in Beijing.

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