A Chinese genius flexed his mathematical prowess by solving a problem that flummoxed a team of mathematicians with Ph.D.s for four months in a single night. Wei Dongyi, a 30-year-old assistant ...

It does not take a math whiz to figure out the comparative advantage when the extra hours in Chinese-Filipino schools are multiplied by at least 10 years (elementary and high school combined).

“Chinese or Asian students normally do perform better than other students.” Not every Chinese student is good at maths, cautions Alex Dutton, a physics and maths tutor in Hong Kong, “but in ...

Jiang Ping, a fashion design student from a rural town in Jiangsu province, made headlines in June when she came 12th in the qualifiers of an international maths contest run by Chinese e-commerce ...

Around 60 Chinese maths teachers come to Britain, to try to pass on some of the techniques which have helped Chinese pupils come top of global league tables.

The UK government is determined to bring Chinese-style maths teaching to England's primary schools, with £41 million of funding. The policy is aimed to lift the maths skills of British pupils ...

What's the best language for learning math? Hint: You're not reading it. As the WSJ's Sue Shellenbarger reports: Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Turkish use simpler number words and express math ...