In Depth: China’s Preschoolers Are Stilling Cramming for First Grade

Despite the government’s repeated efforts to cut students’ academic workload, Yang Yang is still spending nearly all of his summer in class.

Every weekday, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:25 p.m., he studies reading, writing, math, crafts and physical education. Saturdays bring an extra English primer. He’s 6 years old.