China Daily

A study shows parent trainings fail to reduce behavioural problems in toddlers, suggesting coaching on how to rear children may be a waste of time and money.

The number of students going abroad for studies is estimated to reach 200,000 this year, a significant rise over past years.

About 90 percent of Chinese university students regard "Internet love" as an effective way to satisfy their emotional needs, a survey has found.

BEIJING -- Teenagers who have had formal sex education are more likely to delay sexual intercourse until after they turn 15, according to a study published Wednesday in the Journal of Adolescent Health.

CHICAGO - Chimps performed about as well as college students at mental addition, US researchers said on Monday in a finding that suggests non-verbal math skills are not unique to humans.

SHANGHAI: Faced with a tough job market, fresh graduates are dreaming of running their own businesses instead. But a recent survey has showed that such ambitions lack the required support and remain just that - dreams.

SIOUX CITY, Iowa - Democrat Hillary Rodham Clinton on Saturday pledged to help autistic families by boosting funding for research and education to $700 million a year.

PARIS - Active parents can, by their example, encourage their children to be physically active, but the effect is less than widely thought, according to a study of more than 5,000 10- and 11-year-olds published Friday.

China will exempt all students in urban areas from tuition fees in nine-year compulsory education from next year, said Chinese State Councilor Chen Zhili.

GUANGZHOU: The number of drug cases involving young people in Guangdong Province has been on the rise in recent years, a senior judge said this week.

Here is another reason to get children to bed early: More sleep may lower their risk of becoming obese.

Colleges will no longer be allowed to expel married students who legally have babies during their school years.

A growing number of consumers, especially young urbanites, are adopting more Western habits when it comes to spending money - by favoring credit cards over savings.

Almost 30 percent of this year's university graduates had failed to find a job by the end of September, a spokesman for the Ministry of Education said Wednesday.

The European Union leads the US as a destination for Chinese students, with 120,000 studying in EU countries last year.