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Children in China
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Better arrangements must be made for children born in Hong Kong to non-permanent residents from the mainland after mother leaves 12-year-old son alone in city, apparently so he could get a better education.

An unspoken worry is that China has too few children, that they are too divided by wealth and education, and that their interests are not focused on what is best for the nation.

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  • Young woman visits lake at Old Summer Palace, dangles feet over side of boat
  • Staff ask her to stop, she insolently refuses, threatens to jump in water

A wealthy man in China who turned his back on business to become a Buddhist monk has given sanctuary to hundreds of single mothers and abandoned children.

A student in her first year at a university in China became so worryingly besotted with her new boyfriend that doctors diagnosed her behaviour as mental illness.

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A mother in China who spotted a young girl while visiting a far-off province and decided she was a “perfect wife” for her 27-year-old son, has been jailed along with him for abducting the girl.

A school in China has announced it wants to lighten the heavy academic burden placed on children by banning homework after a certain time in the evening but the well-intentioned move has been met with a mixed response from parents.

A mother in China became so exasperated as she tried to guide her child through his school work that she lashed out in anger and ended up hurting herself.

A street vendor in China who gave all the money she earned for her two daughters to be well educated, looked on proudly as they exceeded her expectations.

A nanny in China has been duped out of a lot of money and left to care for a baby by a couple who claimed they had been bequeathed a massive estate and were going to collect it, then vanished.

A clever Labrador Retriever in China has learned how to pull a rickshaw, and he proudly takes a little girl home in it from school while the other children look on with envy.

Wrangling over what name their first son should take has seen the relationship between a husband and wife in China spiral in the direction of divorce.

A 50-something woman in China was shocked to find a baby in her home when she got in from work one day, and that the child belonged to her husband who had hired a surrogacy agency without telling her.

Top China gymnast Yang Wei, who decided his children would benefit from being taught by private tutors, has been blasted for not considering the importance of social interaction with their peers.

Social media in Taiwan has been shocked by the story of two nannies who allegedly tortured a one-year-old baby boy to death during a horrific three-month ordeal.

The parents of a little boy in China have delayed their son’s schooling for a year so the family can travel around the mainland, learning and having fun as they go.

A caring teacher in China has been taking a boy home and bringing him back to school several times a week for two years when the teenager falls asleep because of a rare condition.

Mainland social media has been inspired by the parents of a boy who was mocked following a fall at school and turned to artificial intelligence to give their son solace.

A primary school girl in China who teaches college-level mathematics online and has close to 3 million followers on social media has sparked a public debate about child prodigies.

A baby girl in China who had one of her fingers chomped off by the family’s pet rabbit could not have reattachment surgery because, in their panic, her family forgot to take the infant’s bitten-off digit to the hospital.

A tiny baby girl in China who was born too early and faced life-threatening health issues has been allowed home after nearly four months of critical care from dedicated doctors and nurses.

A mother in China, whose two young children suffered horrific burns in a house fire, has her four sisters to thank for saving their lives after they all underwent skin-grafting operations.

A maths teacher at a primary school in China has been suspended and is being investigated by police after she carried out a frenzied violent assault on two students that was filmed by another teacher.

A video of a toddler in China putting her prosthetic leg on for the first time has gone viral, sparking a wave of sympathy and support on mainland social media.

A bright girl who was only half way through year two of her secondary school studies was told by her angry mother that learning is a waste of money, and was sent out to work instead.