Cai Yijia

2 weeks ago | caixinglobal.com | Cai Yijia |Fan Qiaojia |Kelly Wang

Explore the story in 3 minutesFor many affluent Chinese families, securing a place for their children in Ivy League universities is a carefully planned, years-long project that can start from the day a child is born. Zhang Lan, for example, set this plan in motion for her son’s education immediately after his birth.

2 weeks ago | caixinglobal.com | Cai Yijia |Fan Qiaojia |Kelly Wang

00:00/00:00 您的浏览器不支持 audio 标签。 Listen to this article 1x For Zhang Lan, a mother of a 10-year-old, the plan for her son to attend an Ivy League university was set in motion the day he was born. Now a fifth grader at an international school, Zhang’s son already has a vocabulary of over 10,000 English words — comparable to a well-educated native speaker — and spends his weekends preparing presentations and public speaking assignments.