A record number of high school students in China appeared for what’s dubbed by the Chinese media as the “World’s Toughest Exam.” The National College Entrance Examination “Gaokao ...

Today, as a non-native speaker of Mandarin Chinese, I am attempting to pass China’s university entrance exam in Chinese. The ...

A STUDENT in China's Shandong province who missed his Gaokao exam after trying to save his friend's life, was allowed to ...

Education authorities are enforcing full weekends off to boost student welfare. But with the gaokao - the all-important ...

The two-day national college entrance exam, known as “gaokao,” is the world’s largest academic test. It has also been billed by Chinese state media as “the world’s toughest” college ...

A STUDENT in China missed the Gaokao, an exam which could determine a student's entire academic future, to save his classmate ...

The gaokao – a combination of the word “college” and “exam”– is regarded as one of the most important events in the life of any Chinese student. The exam consists of three mandatory ...

China's education ministry says nearly 13 million students, a record, are registered this year to take the "gaokao" exams -- billed by state media as the "world's toughest". In Beijing ...

China's national college entrance exam -- students and parents are deep in preparation. Meanwhile, the market for "gaokao ...

Just last month, China's education ministry reported a record-breaking registration of nearly 13 million students for the "Gaokao" exams, widely recognized by state media as the epitome of the ...

Chinese students traditionally take the gaokao at the end of high school, around age 18, although anyone can register for the exam, regardless of age or educational background. In recent years, the ...

China’s university-entrance exam, known as the gaokao, is punishingly difficult. Students spend endless hours cramming for it. But it is also meant to be meritocratic. Work hard, score well and ...