The absence of Chinese literature in Australia is holding us back from truly engaging with the Asian Century, writes Freya Cox.

High schools are abandoning students on the doorstep of university education, and we blame universities for opening the door too wide, Brody Hannan writes.

For many, Singapore represents the modern face of Southeast Asia. Held as a global hub of commerce, culture and tourism, the city-state also boasts the world’s best education system, according to a 2015 Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) study.

It would be then almost unbelievable to think that this contemporary education system could be a “pressure cooker” of toxic cultural beliefs that are harming the nation’s students.

Mish Khan reviews Factory Girls by Leslie T Chang detailing the contemporary situation of female migrant workers in industrial cities in China.