30 Absolutely Insane Questions from China's Gaokao

Do you have what it takes to answer these incredibly difficult questions from China's National College Entrance Examination?

by Bridget O'Donnell, 06 June 2023

Your Phone Signal May be Disrupted from June 7-9, Here’s Why

China mobile is blocking phone signals to help students during the brutal college entrance exam.

by Lars James Hamer, 06 June 2022

QUIZ: Could You Pass the Gaokao?

Find out if you can pass China's notoriously difficult college entrance exam.

by Bridget O'Donnell, 07 July 2020

Why Fewer Students Are Taking the Gaokao in Shanghai

The number of students taking China's national college entrance exam have dropped in Shanghai. Here's why.

by Urban Family, 16 June 2018

Student Loses Gaokao Permit in River, Police Jump in to Retrieve It

Local Jiangsu police are being lauded as heroes after helping search for a student's lost gaokao permit that had fallen into a river.

by Bridget O'Donnell, 09 June 2017

AI Robot Takes Gaokao, Does Just Alright

Even robots are having a tough time with China's notoriously difficult National College Entrance Exam.

by Bridget O'Donnell, 09 June 2017

Guangzhou Student Throws iPad Out Window in Pre-Exam Meltdown

Yesterday, a 16-year-old girl took test prep stress to a dangerous level, throwing hundreds of items out of her 16th floor bedroom.

by Matthew Bossons, 04 November 2016

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