(CAIXIN GLOBAL) - Guo Qing's second-grade son often stays up until 11pm struggling through his maths homework, which is usually as hard as fourth-grade work, the Beijing father says.
To keep his son from lagging behind, Guo signed him up for after-school tutoring, as did the parents of most other students in his son's class, he says.
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