Prizewinning brothers find vocational college pays off

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Zhang Zhikun and Zhang Zhibin had little interest in studying at primary and middle school, and did not go to high school after performing poorly in entrance exams in Puning, Guangdong province.

Their father sent the brothers, born one year apart, to Guangdong Machinery Technician College in Guangzhou, the provincial capital, to study metal milling.