An 84-year-old Chinese man is making his fourth and final attempt at the gruelling national university entrance exam, known as gaokao. Photo: The Paper An 84-year-old Chinese man is making his fourth and final attempt at the gruelling national university entrance exam, known as gaokao. Photo: The Paper
An 84-year-old Chinese man is making his fourth and final attempt at the gruelling national university entrance exam, known as gaokao. Photo: The Paper
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Last go at exam success for China’s ‘gaokao grandpa’

  • An 84-year-old man is making his fourth attempt at the gruelling university entrance exam
  • Since the rules changed in 2011 more people are taking the test multiple times

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Alice Yan
Alice Yan

Updated: 5:41pm, 6 Jun, 2019

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An 84-year-old Chinese man is making his fourth and final attempt at the gruelling national university entrance exam, known as gaokao. Photo: The Paper An 84-year-old Chinese man is making his fourth and final attempt at the gruelling national university entrance exam, known as gaokao. Photo: The Paper
An 84-year-old Chinese man is making his fourth and final attempt at the gruelling national university entrance exam, known as gaokao. Photo: The Paper
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