Chinese children are suffering from much homework and various training cources
Nowdays, most of Chinese children are given excessive homework by their schools. From Mondays to Fridays, my 9-year-old daughter has to work on her homework until 9:00pm. She also has more to do on the weekends.
As China has the biggest population in the globe, the competitions for better employment and life are becoming very serious and fierce.
To strengthen their various skills, almost every kid is sent to training schools for different courses, like dancing, music, weiqi and drawing, etc. on the weekends by his parents.
I learn from some friends who live in Europe that only when a student is in Grade 6, he is assigned to some homework by the teacher. That's really reasonable!