Put to the Test
Jun 23, 2022
4 minutes
By Ji Jing
Copyedited by G.P. Wilson
Awoman in Beijing, surnamed Liu, drove her daughter to Beijing Chen Jinglun High School at 7:30 a.m. on June 7 to take part in the college entrance exam, known in China as the gaokao. “We left home early in case of unforeseen cricumstances,” Liu said. A record 11.93 million students signed up to take this year’s gaokao, an increase of 1.15 million from last year. Except for Shanghai, where the exam has been postponed until July 7 due to the pandemic, the exam took place nationwide from June 7 to 10.
In response to the recent resurgences of COVID-19, local governments took a slew of extra measures to ensure the exam
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