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Across the United States, political leaders, business executives, and educators have grown increasingly curious about China, and how the Asian nation's economic growth and modernization is tied to schools.

In this series, Education Week examines education in China today, the classroom strategies at work in schools, and the strengths and weakness Chinese educators and others see in their education system.

Join the related discussion, “American Creativity vs. Chinese Skills.”

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Asian Equation: Student Moments in China
Photos by Sevans, June 5, 2007 Take a look at student life in China.

China: Spaces
Photos by Sevans, June 20, 2007 While traveling for a story about science and math curriculum and teaching, Education Week photographer Sarah Evans explored the idea of space and people in China.

Free Market Spurs Diverse Offerings of Private Schools

From middle-class urbanites to migrant workers, an increasingly diverse cross section of Chinese families is turning to private schools. June 18, 2007

Chinese Migrants Rely on Private Institutions to Educate Children

Public schools in cities often charge higher fees to students from rural areas. June 18, 2007

Teaching Viewed as Stable and Respectable Profession

Teaching is one of the most stable and respected careers in China, but changes to the society and the education system are putting new pressures on teachers. June 12, 2007

In Perspective

Asian Equation

Chinese leaders are redesigning the way students are taught math and science so the younger generation will be prepared to help a changing society move forward. June 5, 2007

Cultural Exchange Experience Informs Chinese Principal’s View of Education

East meets West every day in the principal’s office at Jindao Middle School. April 16, 2007

Favorite Son Pioneered Chinese Study-Abroad Programs

Every time a teenager in the United States receives permission to study abroad in China, that fortunate Western soul would be advised to pay proper tribute to one of this city’s native sons—a cross-cultural pioneer named Yung Wing April 10, 2007

At Elite School in China, Day Begins with Eye Exercises, Jumping Jacks

Hundreds of teenagers stood quietly in the massive school courtyard on a chilly spring morning, in perfectly straight rows, evenly spaced. April 6, 2007

Chinese Hosts Turn Tables on Ed Week Reporter

I’d spent the all day in the offices of China’s top curriculum agency, asking some of the nation’s leading school mathematics and science experts about their work. Now, it was their turn. April 3, 2007

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