- Story: “Is China’s gaokao the world’s toughest school exam?” by Alec Ash
- What kind of lede is it? A scene-setter lede
- Does it do what Edward R. Murrow told Nancy Dickerson a lede should do? Yes
- What drew you to it? I have a Chinese roommate, of whom I’m very fond. It got me thinking about the pressure she went through just to get here.
