花崗齋雜記

Jottings from the Granite Studio provides commentary, analysis, and opinion on China and Chinese history. It is written by Jeremiah Jenne, a PhD Candidate at a large public research university in Northern California. Currently, Jeremiah is in Beijing teaching history, doing archival research, and working on his dissertation.

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This week in Chinese history…

June 4, 2008 came and went, an anniversary passing quietly here in Beijing under cover of national unity, official proscription, and general apathy.  Societies progress and develop not when they build a taller building or reach a set ratio of people:cars or families:television sets but when thought and thinking move forward spurred on by reflection, debate, learning, [...]

June 6th, 2008 | Category: Chinese History | 3 comments - (Comments are closed)

One from the Archives: The gaokao, exams, and social mobility in Chinese history

The semester is over grades are in and research marches ahead, but I’ve been incredibly neglectful of my little hobby, so I’m taking the easy road today.  This is one from the archives, first posted on June 6, 2007: 

Today is the Gaokao (高考) when parents across China send their senior high school students off to take the most important exam of [...]

June 6th, 2008 | Category: Chinese History | One comment - (Comments are closed)