Shanghai solves UK's math problem

A popular mathematics textbook from Shanghai will be published in the UK this summer, as part of the country's efforts to learn from the city's excellent mathematics teaching methods.

The book Yi Ke Yi Lian, or One Lesson, One Exercise, first published about two decades ago, has long been essential to the teaching and learning process among Shanghai's teachers and students.

"The British version of the book will contain some changes, but it will integrate with the local curriculum," said Wang Yan, director of Shanghai-based East China Normal University Press, the book's publisher.