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the exam that decides your entire life in nine hours, once, forever.
means china's national college entrance examination, a marathon test in chinese, math, and a foreign language plus electives that largely determines university admission.
from launched in 1952, suspended entirely during the cultural revolution from 1966 to 1976 when universities shut down, then revived in 1977 as deng xiaoping restarted merit-based admissions after a decade of political chaos.
annual takersover 12 million students sit it yearly
durationtwo to four days, depending on province
securitydrones and signal jammers patrol test sites
score ceiling750 points typically decide your entire future
for instance
maotanchang — anhui high school called a gaokao factory, 10000 students
beijing vs henan — same exam, wildly different admission cutoffs by province