China's National College Entrance Exam (a.k.a. the Gaokao) took place this past Thursday and Friday, and with it, the fates of millions of high school students across the country were decided. Slate has an excellent article describing this extremely... ...full story at The Beijinger
from The Beijinger on Sun, Jun 08 2008
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