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06.13.18For Survivors of a 9-Hour Chinese Exam, a Door Opens to America
New York Times
Every June, millions of high school seniors in China sit down for a grueling university entrance exam, knowing they may not get into a top school or any school at all. If their results are disappointing, finding another route to university can take...
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06.07.16China Threatens Jail Time For College Entrance Exam Cheaters
New York Times
Mixed feelings proceed the approval of a new law, punishing exam cheaters with up to seven years in prison....
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07.31.14Zhang Tiesheng: From Leftist Hero to Multimillionaire
Guardian
Zhang was 22 when he came to national attention in 1973, after he wrote to leaders excoriating the examination as a return to the capitalist model of education. Now 63, he is a major shareholder in the publicly-traded Wellhope Agri-Tech.
Infographics
07.16.14
Learn English, Chinese Style
from Sohu
In 2009, the number of people studying English in China was roughly equal to the population of the U.S. In 2012, Chinese people spent a total of $4.8 billion on English lessons. China is the world’s biggest market for English-as-a-foreign-language...
Media
06.17.13
Do Quotas in China’s College Admissions System Reinforce Existing Inequalities?
Earlier this month, millions of Chinese students took the exam for which they had been preparing their entire lives—the National Higher Education Entrance Examination, known colloquially as the gaokao. For some, the process was more arduous than for...
Media
06.08.12
Students Tear Up Books Before Big Exam
The gaokao, China’s annual National Higher Education Entrance Examination, is known for being extremely difficult and a stressful rite of passage for Chinese students. Due to the society’s traditional emphasis on education, many Chinese people still...