‘Narrowest margins’ in gao kao ‘shape Chinese students’ lives’

The first day of the 2019 university entrance examination, at the one of Qingdao's test sites

China clamps down on gao kao identity theft

Legislative amendment sets out punishments for stealing or assisting stealing of someone else’s identity in university entrance exams

By Jing Liu

19 October

Rural Chinese students start behind but catch up

Socio-economic disadvantages are most prominent in the first two years of university, study finds

By Joyce Lau

7 November

Depth of opposition to Chinese admissions quotas revealed

Academics call for reform of system that favours students from wealthy cities

By Joyce Lau

8 January

Gao kao exam in China. Policemen rescue woman who fainted

New book attacks China’s gao kao ‘meritocracy’

As meritocratic approach to education finds favour in UK, academic argues its dystopian original meaning has come to pass in China

By David Matthews

2 November

‘Narrowest margins’ in gao kao ‘shape Chinese students’ lives’

Major survey is first to link entrance scores, elite universities and salary

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‘Narrowest margins’ in gao kao ‘shape Chinese students’ lives’

Major survey is first to link entrance scores, elite universities and salary

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Depth of opposition to Chinese admissions quotas revealed

New book attacks China’s gao kao ‘meritocracy’

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