President Xi Jinping’s campaign to reduce the burden of homework and after-school tuition for Chinese kids is creating a boom for sports and arts clubs.
China Central Television reported that 33,000 arts and sports outlets were launched in just over a month after the government published its "Double Reduction” document in late July, which banned academic tutoring during weekends and holidays and ordered schools to reduce both the amount and time needed for assignments.
The government clampdown, which would help rebalance China’s labor force, improve health and buttress Communist Party ideology, has sent parents scrambling to find alternative classes that would still give their children an advantage in the nation’s intensely competitive education and labor market.