Growing numbers are taking the British qualification at Chinese schools. while entries fall for fearsome gaokao college entrance exams A Chinese invigilator scans a student at the gaokao exam in Jilin province to prevent cheating. Photograph: AFP With furrowed brows, bleary eyes and overtaxed brains, more than 9 million Chinese teenagers will complete the country's fearsome college entrance exams on Saturday. The two-day, soul-sapping, life-determining gaokao is the stressful summit of China's increasingly pressurised education system. Yet Leo He, Nathan Zhang, Sunny Yu and Elaine Yang looked positively relaxed as they strolled through the grounds of their Beijing school this week with...
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