Teaching my girl the very best

Liu Hongqing is a special father. After his daughter graduated from elementary school in Beijing last year, he did not send her to a middle school. Instead, he lets her study classic Chinese literature, Kunqu Opera and painting at home with private tutors whom he trusts.

Liu says he made the decision after one year's careful investigation on the current education in common middle schools as well as sufficient communication with his daughter.

"I went through the textbooks of Chinese for all grades, and I felt very disappointed," says 43-year-old Liu, who was a teacher himself for 10 years. "The current education system serves only for the college entrance examination. I don't want my daughter to waste time in such a school."