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June 30, 2023
Rescuers amputate leg of woman stuck in travelator at Bangkok airport
June 30, 2023
Cambodia PM threatens Facebook ban after posts ruled violent
June 30, 2023
India's opposition leader Rahul Gandhi meets victims of violence in Manipur
June 30, 2023
China tightens Xi Jinping's powers against the West with new law
June 29, 2023
Myanmar villager recounts horror of junta airstrike that killed five of her siblings
June 29, 2023
Climate change: China's green power surge offers hope on warming
June 29, 2023
Police stop Rahul Gandhi's tour of violence-hit Indian state
June 28, 2023
South Koreans become younger under new age-counting law
June 27, 2023
New Zealand PM under fire over backup plane for overseas trip
HONG KONG — Liang Shi, 56, has by many measures led a successful life. He worked in various different industries, eventually opened his own business, got married and had a son.But there’s one goal he hasn’t yet achieved, though not for lack of trying: getting a good enough score on China’s college entrance exam to enter a top university.Liang took the grueling two-day exam, known as the “gaokao,” in early June alongside nearly 13 million students nationwide. It marked his 27th time taking the gaokao, having been unsatisfied with his score each time since he first sat the exam 40 years ago.Students’ exam results are their only criteria for college admission – and most candidates only get one shot, with the test happening once a year.Liang has been the outlier, making...
June 27, 2023
Student considers calling it quits after 27 attempts at China's college entrance exam
