Jan 07, 2023 04:36 PM

WEEKEND LONG READ

Weekend Long Read: Covid Is Rife at China’s Colleges. Exams Are Going Ahead Anyway

By Ni Dandan and Li Wei

Students take China’s postgraduate entrance exam on Dec. 24 at a testing site in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang province. Photo: VCG

Students take China’s postgraduate entrance exam on Dec. 24 at a testing site in Hangzhou, East China’s Zhejiang province. Photo: VCG

(Sixth Tone) — The day before China’s grueling postgraduate entrance exams were due to begin, the moment Zhang Yi had been dreading arrived: He realized he’d been infected with the coronavirus.

The 22-year-old felt close to despair. A senior at the East China University of Science and Technology in Shanghai, he had spent the past 11 months furiously reviewing, often studying for over 12 hours a day.

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