Purple underwear and qipao — tips to ace China's gaokao, Society

China’s gaokao began yesterday, with millions of students taking this national university entrance exam (gaokao). One phenomenon that got Zaobao correspondent Yang Danxu curious was students wearing purple underwear to the exams. She examines this and other superstitions that give students a mental boost in the exam, and says that the gaokao needs to remain fair.

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Chinese men and male siblings don qipaos to wish students good luck during gaokao university entrance exam

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