In these politically correct times, it is still acceptable to use the term “Chinese math.” It’s not a negative comment about ethnic Chinese, but describes the sham logic seen in poorly thought out ...

Harvard mathematician Shing-Tung Yau says China trails the pack in his field. He's tapping money and power to change that. Americans suffer from an inferiority complex when it comes to math. They see ...

I was the victim of what I call “Chinese math.” At age 26, I took my life savings and left a good engineering job to buy a sports training franchise. I didn’t have enough assets to get a loan so I ...

Shing-Tung Yau, Member of the American Academy of Sciences, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, Foreign academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Foreign academician of the ...

Some visitors explore the exhibition Liu Hui, a leading founder of classical Chinese mathematical theories at Réfectoire des Cordeliers in Paris on September 24, 2024. A year-long global commemoration ...

Having established an international reputation in the field of mathematics, US citizen Shing-Tung Yau is now hoping other young Chinese will follow in his footsteps. "I sincerely hope that, one day, ...

China’s approach to teaching math and science differs sharply from that of the United States, concludes a report that details the Asian nation’s use of strong national standards, a logical progression ...

Via Prufrock (subscribe for free!), here’s a story about how a group of Chinese math and science teachers came into a British school for four weeks, and taught the kids there the Chinese way: 12 hours ...

Teachers today face a conundrum: they lack the hours needed to help students master requisite proficiencies. This burden is amplified for those teaching language immersion classes. Some split their ...

An unsolvable Chinese math exam question has left the Internet slightly bemused, but others are hailing its approach to critical thinking. The rest of this article is behind a paywall. Please sign in ...

Harvard mathematician Shing-Tung Yau says China trails the pack in his field. He's tapping money and power to change that. It was 1993 and China was bidding for the 2000 Olympics. with the country ...