‘Books without words’: parents of China boy, 6, sell up, buy camper van to take son on nationwide learning tour

A news story about a couple in China who sold their car and flat, then bought a camper van to take their six-year-old son on a nationwide study tour has trended on mainland social media.

The mother and father, from Henan province in central China, decided to delay their son’s admission to public primary school for a year and create a unique study tour for him instead.