Gaokao Losers 
In China, academic competition has become a kind of faith, providing values and a sense of purpose to its acolytes.
Spring 2025
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Gaokao Losers
The Chairman of Everything
Under Xi Jinping’s rule, conditions for civil society are worse in China today than they have been for more than two decades. Yet in spite of ratcheted up forms of control, protests continue.
