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Afternoon tea: Gaokao, Bride scams, and the “historical bafflement of the Chinese people.”

Just a few quick links from over the weekend while YJ gets Sunday dinner on.  Best part about pingfang living? Al fresco dining…May to October.   For those of you who don’t have a high-school aged Chinese student living with you (or missed t... ...full story at Granite Studio

from Granite Studio on Sun, Jun 07 2009

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06 Jan 08 visit Upscale Living  »  YouTube videoSTEP INTO LARGE MARBLE ENTRY WITH DECORATIVE ARCHED MOLDINGS THAT DEFINE THE FORMAL LIVING AND DINING ROOMS. THE FORMAL LIVING ROOM FEATURES WAINSCOTING AND PICTURE MOLDING PLUS CROWN MOLD. THE DINING ROOM HAS A BUILT IN CORNER CHINA CABINET. RELAX IN THE...
10 Jun 08 visit Essay topics: 50 years of Gaokao  »  Blogging For China As many might know, this weekend was the 3-day university admissions test (gaokao). For decades, all Chinese children have studied for this test as if their life depended on it… and for decades, it really did.  For those living in a culture tha...
19 Jun 08 visit A gaokao scandal  »  Danwei Beijing Youth DailyJune 19, 2008 For the millions of Chinese high school graduates who sit for the annual National Higher Education Entrance Examination (gaokao), the stakes are very high; the two-day exam determines whether they can go to a university...
22 Apr 09 visit American students show love for 中文  »  Shanghaiist The fourth annual "Chinese Bridge" US High School Student Chinese Speech Contest took place this past weekend at the University of Massachusetts. High school students from 21 states took participated in song, pronunciation, and dialogue events that were...
07 Jun 07 visit The gaokao, exams, and social mobility in Chinese history  »  Granite Studio Today is the Gaokao (高考) when parents across China send their senior high school students off to take the most important exam of their lives by offering such helpful, encouraging words as, “If you do badly, your mother will die in a pauper’s ...
24 Sep 09 visit Dissertation Group in Beijing?  »  Granite Studio Yes, I know…I’ve been remiss about writing.  But with the whole “earning a living thing” plus feverishly attempting to finish my dissertaton before I’m 40 die student loans are paid off next year, I thought it might be usefu...

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