One child norm breeding brats, warn experts

Six-year-old Zhu Xuan had little say when her parents and her grandmother decided to rent out their two-story house in Beijing's Changping district and move into a two-bedroom apartment closer to one of the capital's best primary schools last August.

Enduring a cold winter in unfamiliar surroundings, Zhu has been longing to play hide and seek with her friends in the neighborhood where she was born.

Her parents, however, are determined to "do the best for their only child at all costs".