China Punishes 27 Officials Over ‘Ugly’ School Textbook Drawings

(Bloomberg) — China has punished more than two dozen education officials over a series of math textbooks drawings that an investigation found portrayed the nation’s children as “ugly.”

The Ministry of Education said in a statement on Monday that some 27 officials from the state-owned publisher had been reprimanded or dismissed over illustrations that had “fallen short of the fundamental requirements of moral education.”