A total of 9.4 million students sat China's annual college entrance exam, or "gaokao," on Tuesday and Wednesday.
The number is 20,000 less than last year, a fall authorities attribute to hundreds of thousands of would-be candidates choosing to apply to foreign universities instead or having been granted early admission.
The sole bridge to university admission, the gaokao has sufferedRead more
The Kremlin regrets a decision by Kiev authorities to impose an entrance ban to Ukraine on former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev, Sputnik cited Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov as saying on Friday.
"I am not aware about president's [Vladimir Putin] position. At the same time, I can only express regret over one more expansion of the non grata persons list, especiallyRead more