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In China, Ivy League dreams weigh heavily on students

The bestseller ''Harvard Girl'' chronicles a child's educational path from China to the Ivy League. The bestseller ''Harvard Girl'' chronicles a child's educational path from China to the Ivy League.
By Tracy Jan
Globe Staff / December 31, 2008

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BEIJING - The book spawned a genre, selling more than 2 million copies in China on the premise that any child, with the proper upbringing, could be Ivy League material. (Full article: 1074 words)

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