Chinese mathematician Wei Dongyi, a two-time IMO gold medalist who once turned down Harvard, is also known for his frugal lifestyle, reportedly spending less than 300 yuan (US$44) a month in Beijing.

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A Chinese genius flexed his mathematical prowess by solving a problem that flummoxed a team of mathematicians with Ph.D.s for four ...

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 ...

Hite Elementary is offering Chinese as its world language focus this year. Hite Elementary administrators hope Chinese classes will improve math performance. Last year the school implemented the ...

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 ...

Chinese teachers will be flown over to the U.K to boost British pupils' performance in maths and overhaul the way the subject is taught. Up to 60 English-speaking math teachers from China will be ...

STAMFORD — A year ago, when Katy Myers started researching the possibility of a “math circle” in Fairfield County, she didn’t know if it would be popular—but it was something she knew she needed to do ...

What's the best language for learning math? Hint: You're not reading it. As the WSJ's Sue Shellenbarger reports: Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Turkish use simpler number words and express math ...

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 ...

What's the best language for learning math? Hint: You're not reading it. Chinese, Japanese, Korean and Turkish use simpler number words and express math concepts more clearly than English, making it ...

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 ...