Greater gaokao acceptance extends Chinese students' opportunities in the US

An ever-growing number of colleges in the country are accepting good scores in the grueling exam as part of their entry criteria. Zou Shuo reports.

Immediately after taking the gaokao, China's grueling national college entrance exam, Li Ang embarked on another arduous study task - applying for a place at a university in the United States.

In June, the 18-year-old began attending English training courses as preparation to take the Test of English as a Foreign Language and the Scholastic Assessment Test, which he needed to pass gain entry to a US school.