Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A fashion major from a vocational high school in rural China has amazed the nation by outshining elite students in a global math ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Mathematician Wang Hong, center right, poses for photos after being awarded the 2026 Fields Medal on July 23. - Erin ...

Both won for solving problems that have baffled mathematicians for more than a century.

In June, a 17-year-old fashion design student from a tiny Chinese village became a national sensation by beating thousands of elite graduates to reach the final of a prestigious global math contest.

The awarding of the Fields Medal — widely regarded as the Nobel Prize of mathematics — to two Chinese nationals has stoked hopes of a golden dawn for the discipline, while also sparking debate about ...

Hong Kong (CNN) — A fashion major from a vocational high school in rural China has amazed the nation by outshining elite students in a global math contest – but the teenager’s underdog story has now ...