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Study hard, score well, and you’ll get a good job. For decades that was the promise of the gaokao, China’s university-entrance exam. But as China’s job market stagnates and youth unemployment soars, that social contract is beginning to fray. In the second of two episodes, Drum Tower explores whether taking the gaokao is still the best way for China’s young people to get ahead. 


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