In Depth: How China’s Ivy League Hopefuls Fall for Fraudsters

For Zhang Lan, a mother of a 10-year-old, the plan for her son to attend an Ivy League university was set in motion the day he was born.

Now a fifth grader at an international school, Zhang’s son already has a vocabulary of over 10,000 English words — comparable to a well-educated native speaker — and spends his weekends preparing presentations and public speaking assignments.