Students inhabit lonely high-pressure world

BEIJING - Students at China's primary and middle schools are under immense pressure and their parents are not offering them the support they need, according to a new survey.

The study, which was released on Friday by Beijing's Zhixin Jiejie (Confidant Sister) magazine, said more than 50 percent of primary and middle school students in China have nothing to talk to their parents about except school records.

Almost 89 percent of parents polled agreed, saying they were only interested in their children's record at school.