Plastic bags and bottles are a global menace, but the emergence of microplastics will test the policy courage of governments in new ways, write Asit K Biswas and Kris Hartley.

Girls’ textbooks raise questions about gender roles in contemporary China.

The majority of respondents for a survey agreed that sex education in China should have Chinese characteristics — not completely western models, such as Comprehensive Sex Education, instead selectively borrowing some western models without mentioning some controversies.

Chinese commentators who deride overseas study as too expensive know the price of everything and the value of nothing.

Visiting Chinese scholar reflects on his experience at the dawn of a new age in Sino-US relations.

'Bluestockings' was the pioneering feminist magazine for young women of Meiji-era Japan.

Journalist and author Lenora Chu on raising a ‘little soldier’ in the Chinese school system.

It’s time we rewarded rural laborers’ contributions to their adopted cities by giving their children a proper education.

Linh Nguyen shares her insights on the Vietnamese cooking culture.

How are the religious incense sticks made?

An entrepreneur hatches a plan to make 10 iconic museums accessible to China’s working-class families.

For those who have left and seen Vietnam through different eyes, the time will come when they must decide what they want: to stay abroad or return home.

With over 5,000 students in a space meant for 640, teachers, administrators and parents at a Henan primary school are struggling to cope.

'If we continue misusing it for the sake of justifying child marriage or abusive polygamous relationship, then the joke is on us.'

The Adream Foundation serves 3 million underprivileged students but is hampered by top teaching talent fleeing to cities.

In the country’s hinterland, the Adream Foundation is helping rural schoolchildren study their way out of poverty.

According to a report by Caixin earlier this month, 33 incidents of industry obstructions occurred in more than half the localities under inspection since April.

An NGO that strives to level the playing field for rural students faces uphill battle.