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Failing Grade: How China’s All-Important Exam is Stunting National Growth

Posted on December 7, 2018 by Nicholas Heinz

Every year, for two days in June, China comes to a standstill. Construction work is halted, traffic is diverted, and motorists are banned from honking, lest they disturb the nine and a half million teenagers taking a college entrance exam they believe will dictate their careers, wealth, and perhaps even marriage prospects. Drones are dispatched […]

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