Twenty-seven people in China have been punished by the government for a series of school textbook drawings showing “ugly” and sad students. Some illustrations were also deemed to be sexual, it was ...

China’s education ministry has punished 27 officials over illustrations in primary school maths textbooks after online complaints that they were sexually and ideologically inappropriate. Following an ...

Images that feature in maths textbooks recently sparked outrage on Chinese social media site Weibo. Users of the site have criticised illustrations in the books that depict children with big foreheads ...

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Beijing has ordered fresh review of all textbooks used by the country’s primary and secondary schools in response to perceived sexually and ideologically inappropriate illustrations in a series of ...

Screenshot of the new textbooks Photo: People's Education Press China's Ministry of Education (MOE) on Monday announced penalties for 27 people, including senior executives of People's Education Press ...

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A detail in maths textbooks used by Chinese primary school children for almost a decade has sparked outrage. Images that feature in maths textbooks recently sparked outrage on Chinese social media ...

Investigation finds the books did not ‘properly reflect the sunny image of China’s children’ Chinese authorities have punished 27 people over the publication of a maths textbook that went viral over ...