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IHT Rendezvous: Putting Chinese Students to the Test

published Wed, Jun 06 2012 23:55 GMT
Intravenous drips and oxygen masks during cram sessions. Nannies with college degrees. Temples jammed with anxious, prayerful parents. Rerouted funerals, plane flights and highway traffic. No honking. Free taxi rides. It's all part of the high-pressure phenomenon of gao kao, the annual college-entrance exam in China.

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