Jia, Ruixue, Hongbin Li, and Claire Cousineau. (2025). The highest exam: How the Gaokao shapes China. The Belknap Press of Harvard University Press. 256 pages. ISBN: 978-0-674-29539-1 Publication date: June 2026 Source: Asian Journal of Social Science, Volume 54, Issue 2 Author(s): Sujue Nan, Yule Peng