Preparing for the Gaokao: Ma Li
Throughout the past year the BBC has been given access to one Shanghai school to see what it is really like preparing for China's big test - the Gaokao, the country's difficult college exam.
Zhabei Number 8 High School has almost 500 students, spread over three grades.
Ma Li, 18, fits the profile of a beleaguered final-year student toiling on the exam treadmill.
Hard working and bright, she regularly puts in an extra six hours at home at the end of a 10-hour school day.
08 Jun 2012
- From the section Asia