Other Chinese bestsellers on parenting

Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother (Chinese, 2011)

By Amy Chua, translated by Zhang Xinhua

Citic Publishing House

288 pages, 32 yuan ($5)

Yale law school professor Chua, a Chinese-American mother, describes the strict upbringing of her two daughters. The cover says: "This is a story about a mother, two daughters, and two dogs. This was supposed to be a story of how Chinese parents are better at raising kids than Western ones. But instead, it's about a bitter clash of cultures, a fleeting taste of glory, and how I was humbled by a 13-year-old."

So, Brothers and Sisters of Peking University (2011)

By Xiao Baiyou

Shanghai Joint Publishing Company

238 pages, 28 yuan ($4.5)

The Hong Kong-based businessman and self-styled "wolf dad" touts how his philosophy of "stick parenting" landed his three children in a prestigious university.

Eagle Dad's Education What Can I Give the Child (2012)

By He Liesheng

Beijing Education Publishing House

164 pages, 26 yuan ($4.2)

The father author considers himself a new Chinese parental archetype in the tradition of the so-called "tiger mom". He adopted extreme techniques, such as forcing his 4-year-old to run naked in the snow, to train his son, who once was "sentenced" by doctors to be "good-for-nothing".

Books available in major bookstores and online

(China Daily Africa Weekly 06/13/2014 page25)