Competition for Children's Education and other Resources is at an All Time High Among China's Middle Class

Yu Ye’s PhoenixWeekly article on Chinese parents’ heightened anxieties and extreme competitiveness in child-rearing matters spread like wildfire online. It must have struck a chord with people. In discussions of the article on the Chinese question-and-answer forum Zhihu, people mostly agreed that the article accurately described the current state of parenthood in China but believed the author could have used better examples to portray the phenomenon. Yu’s analysis buys into the cliché of the Chinese “tiger mom,” but even some Western parents might find the depictions of parental competitiveness vaguely familiar. getAbstract recommends this article to sociologists, economists, parents and parents-to-be.