Blog Tag - Gaokao

Gaokao Traffic & Which Streets to Avoid
Have you noticed something different today? Maybe there’s more traffic, maybe your calls keep failing, maybe it’s quieter in Beijing than ever before...
Trending in Beijing: stolen water melons, loud dancers, cat rescued
The fun, the strange, and the what-on-earth-is-this? Trending in Beijing is a wrap-up of top stories in Beijing as told by the trending hashtags,...
Talking Travel: Hectic Roads During the Gaokao, China Eastern Launches a New Airline
Heavy traffic expected during Gaokao You might have already guessed that traffic would be a mess this week due to the rain that is projected to fall...
Trending in Beijing: More Fluff, Gaokao Preparation, and Met Gala Watching
The fun, the strange, and the what-on-earth-is-this: a wrap-up of top stories in Beijing as told by the trending hashtags, local press, and general...
Is Cambridge University Lowering Standards for Chinese Applicants?
Recent misunderstandings circulating on Weibo about admission to Cambridge University have shone a spotlight on the controversies surrounding the...
 US Universities to Begin Accepting Gaokao Scores
Every year in June, scores of Chinese high school students take the gaokao, a notoriously complex university entrance exam that determines possible...
Hong Lou Meng Scene Summer Palace Beijing
The Gaokao is going back to the past in a bid to force a generation of emoji users to embrace their Classical Chinese roots. Beijing students will...
"Hi I'm Mark Wahlberg… Good Luck on the Gaokao!"
There is no doubt that, Transformers is the most popular Hollywood franchise in China. When the last film was released 2011, it raked in $177.3...
Favoring the Foreigners: Do Laowai Have it Easier in China than Waidiren?
Chinasmack has posted a translation of a video that's been making the rounds on Youku and Youtube contrasting the living situations and standards of...