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No Time to Teach
Facing more bureaucratic formalities, overwork, and dwindling respect, many of China’s teachers are leaving the profession for good
Digital Babysitters: Battling Phone Addiction in China’s Rural Schools
The growth of cellphone addiction among China’s “left-behind” children and the researchers and teachers fighting against it
How Did Ancient Chinese Scholars Prepare for Exams?
From cram academies to meeting celebrity scholars, preparation for ancient China’s civil service exams was both similar and different to test-prep today
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Growing Pains: What’s Behind China’s Obsession With Height?
Faced with still-rampant height discrimination in society, Chinese parents go to great lengths to make their kids tall
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“You’re Just Bored”: China’s Depressed Teens Struggle for Understanding and Treatment
Mental health services and families struggle to understand, recognize, and treat rising teen depression
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The Tall Task of Solving China’s Childcare Shortage
China is encouraging couples to have more kids, but affordable childcare remains a tall order
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Kinder Cities: Can China Make Urban Life Friendly for Children?
How China is reimagining its urban landscape from the perspective of its youngest residents
Recipe for Obesity
China takes world’s lead in child obesity, but it’s unclear who’s to blame
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