Gifted students revel in a class of their own

Early access to undergraduate studies helps academically talented young people exploit their potential to the fullest. Zhu Lixin reports from Hefei.

Early this month, Zhu Yuanhao and six other students sat in the conference room of the School of the Gifted Young at the University of Science and Technology of China in Hefei, capital of Anhui province, and answered questions posed by a group of reporters.

The school's students rarely give interviews, partly to avoid overexposure and partly because most of them are younger than 18, and therefore juveniles.