Kevin Sun

Testing out

For the vast majority of Chinese high schoolers, taking the National Higher Education Entrance Examination (Gaokao) and trying to get into a good Chinese university is the most natural thing in the world. Many kids' lives are oriented around that goal from infancy.

By Kevin Sun | Apr 26 07:50 pm ET

The independent alternative

Throughout their history, independent booksellers have been an important force in the development of literature and counterculture, cultivating the works of independent authors and poets.

By Kevin Sun | Mar 23 10:17 pm ET

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