China Prep: Poll: Should a standardized test like China’s gaokao exclusively determine who gets into college?
See results of Wide Angle poll.
See results of Wide Angle poll.
China will inevitably become the largest economy in the world, according to Andrew Nathan, chair of Columbia University's department of Political Science.
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The third installment of director Marije Meerman's production diary.
Judgment Day -- June 7, 2008. After three years of researching, writing, fundraising and filming, the two-day exam finally begins.
Global remittances -- funds sent from migrant workers to their home countries -- were recorded at $318 billion in 2007.
Filmmaker Nina Alvarez talks about a mother's love for her son and shares her personal experience as a Salvadoran-American.
Salvadoran gang member Traveiso's mother went north to find work in the United States. His mother’s story paints a portrait of one immigrant’s experience and the difficulties of life stretched across borders.
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