This year’s Mid-Autumn Festival falls a few days after China’s National Day, which was on Wednesday, giving most people a longer-than-usual weeklong break from work. But many students in their final year of secondary school will spend much of the week studying, conscious that every hour counts as they prepare for next summer’s final exam, the gaokao.
For three days next June, roads around exam venues all over China will be closed, construction work nearby will stop and noisy outdoor entertainment will be suspended. Parents keep vigil outside, waiting for the students to emerge at the end of each exam session, starting with maths and Chinese on the first day with science or arts and English or another foreign language on the second
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