While millions of students are preparing for Gaokao, the national college entrance exam, a recent report released by a leading Chinese education portal says that most colleges have failed to hit their recruitment goals for years, despite a slight increase in the number of college applicants last year after a five-consecutive year decline. Why are Chinese colleges facing recruitment crisis?
What's going on?
Topic2 Half of the Chinese parents want their children to have ordinary life
A recent survey from Guangdong Academy of Social Sciences says that about 49.5 % of parents want their children to have an ordinary life, instead of the traditional hope of training kids to be successful.
The Chinese idiom "望子成龙,望女成凤"- meaning hoping for sons to grow into dragons and daughters into phoenix, describes the traditional mindset of parents, who want their children to be outstanding. But are parents' attitude changing?
Are you surprised? What's new?
Topic3 China opens door for Visa and Master
Card to challenge UnionPayGlobal bank card operators including Visa and MasterCard can seek licences to clear domestic Chinese payments starting on Monday, following a long-running effort to penetrate a market dominated by a state-backed incumbent.
How big is the change?
Topic4 Young readers do things by the book
As more adults are turning to cellphones and tablets, Chinese children are reading more paper books.
Sales of children's books have boomed in China during the past several years, but the fast growth of the industry is coupled with many problems still.
Has there been a fast growth of children's books market? Why should we care? Did you love reading books while you were small? What are your favorites?
Topic5 First stable relationship makes one happy, but hardly changes personality
The first relationship that a young person enters into increases his satisfaction with life, but changes his personality only slightly, according to a recent study.
People talk about first love all the time. But the discussions are usually about sentimental personal stories rather than serious research. So let's talk about this research. Do you agree with the results?
