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Chinese science exams more 'interesting and demanding' than GCSEs

Maths and science exams taken by students in China are more "interesting and demanding" than their British GCSE counterparts it has been claimed by the Royal Society of Chemistry ...full story at Daily Telegraph

from Daily Telegraph on Mon, Jun 22 2009

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