China parents use giant homework papers to motivate kids, divide public opinion

Some parents in China are embracing a new way to motivate their children by printing giant homework papers, sparking laughter across the internet. In January, a mother from Hubei province, central China, said that she printed oversized test papers for her son, saying: “This way, he will not miss any questions.” Photographs showed her young son lying on the floor, working on a Chinese language test paper nearly one metre long, with blank spaces almost as big as his hand. The mother said she had...