This initiative aims to spread the joy of reading to 2,515 pupils from 20 micro-sized Chinese primary schools in the rural areas of Penang, Perak, Pahang and Johor.

This primary school in China has taken the phrase 'raising the bar' to a new level. The institution, in Wuhan, Hubei Province, has literally installed metal bars on to each of its students' desks.

It can be a struggle for some non-Chinese pupils studying at Chinese primary school, ... they can only engage in simple conversation using Mandarin. ... reading and writing over and over again.

In a welcome development last November, the Chinese government announced that refugee children in five provinces could attend public schools at the primary level under the same conditions as local ...