China’s household registration system, the “hukou”, has long been derided as a source of entrenched inequality, preventing migrant families from equal access to basic services when they move ...

Some inequality is to be expected with industrialization, but in China it’s happened at a staggering pace. One of the main drivers, the research found, is growing differences in education levels ...

Promised a path to prosperity through hard work and education, China’s working class youths are hitting immovable ceilings. By Li Yuan Since the 1980s, more than 800 million Chinese have risen ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. According to Statista, in 2022, public spending on education in China reached 3.95 trillion yuan. Although this ...

China’s changes to rules on schoolwork and private tutoring, intended to narrow gaps between haves and have-nots, ... worsened educational inequality over a longer period. ...

Julian Fisher, a Beijing-based education consultant, said reducing English lessons could help solve education inequality in China. "English is arguably the college entry exam subject with the ...