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Student gives wings to Flying Box project

[2016-06-06 08:01]

Liu Jiaying says she does not normally stand out from the crowd, but the 22-year-old student from Shenyang Architecture University separated herself from the pack when she designed and built a portable dormitory for pupils in a mountainous area of Guizhou province.

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[2016-06-06 08:01]

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Exam puts too much pressure on students

[2016-06-04 07:33]

Photos and videos of students venting their pressure before the gaokao, national college entrance exam, which falls on June 7 and 8, have caused heated debate recently.

Let reason and cooperation prevail in South China Sea

[2016-06-04 07:33]

As the Arbitral Tribunal in The Hague ponders its ruling on the South China Sea arbitration unilaterally initiated by the Philippines, the region and indeed much of the world will be wondering how it may affect the already strained relations between China and the Philippines and the larger picture in the South China Sea.

Understanding why the CPC endures

[2016-06-04 07:33]

The Communist Party of China, the CPC, still mystifies foreigners. As the 95th anniversary of its founding on July 1, 1921 approaches, it's worth wondering why the lingering mystery. Two unambiguous facts confound the critics - the CPC has led China in its historic, sustained development, and the CPC continues to be, after 67 years, China's uncontested ruling party. The two facts are not unrelated.

Young Chinese advised to delay studies for sake of self-discovery

[2016-06-02 07:33]

Time away from school, popular in the West, gets ferocious resistance from Asian parents

A year that made the difference of a lifetime

[2016-06-02 07:33]

You Chang, 28, shares her experience of setting off on a year's break and returning a better person.

Popularity of 1-year sabbatical break is growing worldwide

[2016-06-02 07:33]

A commonly used and widely recognized definition of the "gap year" is that it's the year many young people - usually recent high school or university graduates - take off before continuing their studies at college or graduate school, or starting their working lives.

Timeout to learn a key lesson

[2016-06-02 07:33]

Studies can be paused to give students chance to set up a business

Hybrid international school in Beijing combines best of East, West

[2016-06-02 07:33]

With international schools in China long considered to be a privilege mainly for expatriate children, a new institute in Beijing expects to offer natives an equal opportunity to get a Western style education through a hybrid approach.

Educators switch on to new revenue stream

[2016-06-02 07:33]

A physics teacher surnamed Zhang has been giving live online courses, and in one day can bring in as much as some teachers earn in a year. Each of his seven classes lasts one hour, and more than 9,400 students paid nine yuan ($1.40) each for classes. This means Zhang can earn 67,000 yuan after platform commissions. Teachers earning such eye-popping paychecks for online classes in subjects ranging from English to physics have stimulated a lively debate across China that touches on the power of internet instruction, the state of Chinese education and the ethics of entrepreneurship.