Backlash as China’s Tsinghua graduate, 38, wins medical school spot at Peking University

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1. Fri, 7 August 2026

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   • South China Morning Post10:29first to report
     Backlash as China’s Tsinghua graduate, 38, wins medical school spot at Peking University

     A 38-year-old man in China, who was admitted to the prestigious Tsinghua University 18 years ago, recently sat for the national university entrance exam and achieved a remarkable score, allowing him to realise his dream of studying medicine at Peking University. Tsinghua and Peking Universities are two of the most elite institutions in mainland China, admitting students with the highest scores from the rigorous annual national university entrance exam, known as the gaokao in Chinese. Li Long,...