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China's Jack Ma Foundation launches scholarship program in Australia's University of Newcastle

Australia's University of Newcastle (UON) on Friday announced the establishment of a scholarship program supported by China's Jack Ma Foundation.

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Chinese head teacher tries alternative education for left-behind children

​Chinese schools are inclined to focus on the discipline and obedience of students, less so on individual autonomy, but a village school in eastern China is trying to break the mold.

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Students prefer to pay via cellphones

Males often spend more than girls as they seldom compare prices

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Controversy after a Chinese middle school introduces a new course to teach male pupils how to act like man

A school in east China has been criticised online after it introduced a course to stop young boys from acting 'delicate' and 'emotional'.

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Colleges vital for Party

​Xi says goals of higher education must align with development plan for the nation

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Expert: Low test scores not a worry

​People should not overreact to the fall in ranking of Chinese students in the 2015 Program for International Student Assessment; they should focus on what the test results indicate about the education system in China, experts said.

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Adolescents in China are getting taller, but weaker

​Beijing's Olympic Forest Park is busiest after sunset, when adults are taking an after-dinner stroll or running. Children are there too, but seldom do teenagers show up.

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New U.S. president unlikely to affect number of foreign students in U.S.: experts

It's still hard to tell whether Donald Trump's future policies as president will affect the number of foreign students in the United States, but some experts believe that there will not be a big shift.

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Hong Kong universities urged to look beyond mainland to boost paltry foreign student numbers

Official auditor finds that 76 per cent of non-local students in the city come from mainland China and also expresses concern over meeting expenses claimed

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Students from Chinese police college concludes trip in Europe

Thirty students from a police college in east China concluded a month-long trip in Europe on Tuesday.

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Muscatine residents get a taste of Chinese culture

​A group of students surrounded Feng Huiyun and looked on as the Chinese master of dough modeling pinched out a vivid Minion in less than 10 minutes with colorful dough.

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Three-million scholarship set up to attract ASEAN students in E China

three-million yuan (442,451 U.S. dollars) scholarship has been made available to students from ASEAN interested in studying in the eastern Chinese province of Jiangsu, according to an official from the local education bureau on Tuesday.

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Sichuan schoolbag weight restriction deemed difficult to follow

In 2007, a policy was enacted in Chengdu, Sichuan province requiring students’ schoolbags to be lighter than 10 percent of their body weight. However, the average weight of schoolbags in the province doesn't seem to have been measurably reduced since the restriction went into effect. In fact, if anything, the weight of bags has continued to increase.

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1,171 foreign students lose China's govt scholarships

An official with China Scholarship Council said an annual evaluation system has been effective in ensuring the quality of foreign recipients of Chinese government scholarships.

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More younger Chinese students study abroad

Chinese students studying abroad have become younger in age structure, according to a report released in a national education portal site Saturday.

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Food poisoning strikes 300 students in north China

More than 300 school children in northern China were treated for food poisoning late Tuesday night, raising fresh concerns over the sanitary conditions of school canteens.

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Overseas studies pay off for Chinese youngsters

A foreign diploma can provide graduates with some advantages, but benefits dwindling