China Scene: North

Student jumps out of building after examination

A 17-year-old boy killed himself recently after taking an art college entrance exam, leaving his mother regretting that she put too much pressure on him.

The boy, surnamed Yue, a senior middle school student from Heilongjiang province, was persuaded by his mother to take science courses, even though he preferred liberal arts subjects, since she believed it would give him a better chance in the national college entrance exam.