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Book review: The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China by Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau Jia andRuixueLi, withHongbinCousineauClaire, The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2025; x + 243 pp. with notes and index: 9780674301832, US$16.17 (e-book)

Ran Ren

China Information2026https://doi.org/10.1177/0920203x261419588article
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  title        = {{Book review: The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China by Ruixue Jia and Hongbin Li, with Claire Cousineau Jia andRuixueLi, withHongbinCousineauClaire, The Highest Exam: How the Gaokao Shapes China. Cambridge, MA: Belknap Press, 2025; x + 243 pp. with notes and index: 9780674301832, US$16.17 (e-book)}},
  author       = {Ran Ren},
  journal      = {China Information},
  year         = {2026},
  doi          = {https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1177/0920203x261419588},
}

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