{"id":810,"date":"2011-07-11T19:10:30","date_gmt":"2011-07-11T23:10:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/?p=810"},"modified":"2021-09-07T10:16:06","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T14:16:06","slug":"china-prep-introduction","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pbs-wnet-preprod.digi-producers.pbs.org\/wnet\/wideangle\/episodes\/china-prep-introduction\/810\/","title":{"rendered":"Introduction"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center\"><strong><em>\u201cInteresting and thought-provoking&#8230;.<br \/>\nIt also might make you a little uneasy, which is an even better reason to watch&#8230;.<br \/>\nFocused, fast-moving and compelling\u201d<br \/>\n<\/em>\u2013New York Daily News<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As the world\u2019s attention turns to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, WIDE ANGLE reports on how the next generation of Chinese leaders is being molded.<\/p>\n<p><em>China Prep <\/em>follows five Chinese students through their final high-pressure year at an elite high school in Sichuan Province. Eighteen hundred students vie for spots in Beijing&#8217;s top two universities. Last year only 59 made it.<\/p>\n<p>Studying seven days a week, the students\u2019 lives are regimented almost every minute of the day as they prepare for the end-of-year exam that can determine their fate. For many students from poor or rural backgrounds, a strong performance on the test is the only way to climb the social ladder and excel without connections. Competition is fierce and the majority of high school seniors will be relegated to vocational schools.<\/p>\n<p>We meet Zhang Lie, who wants to study law and become a Communist Party member like her father; Mei Jiachin, a genius mathematician from a farming family; Chen Zhibo, a misfit science student with big plans to become China\u2019s Bill Gates; and Gao Mengjia, a dedicated student who loves money and aspires to be a hedge fund manager.<\/p>\n<p>Nicknamed the \u201cI want\u201d generation by the Chinese press, these only children \u2013 the sole focus of their parents\u2019 and grandparents\u2019 nurturing under China\u2019s one-child policy \u2013 will be the new class of corporate managers, lawyers, and civil servants who are expected to propel 21st century China to surpass the United States as the largest economy in the world.<\/p>\n<p>How do the ambitions of these teenagers reflect the realities of today and tomorrow\u2019s China? Who among them will be most likely to succeed \u2013 the daughter of the Party official or the farmer\u2019s son? Who will be the boss?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cInteresting and thought-provoking&#8230;. It also might make you a little uneasy, which is an even better reason to watch&#8230;. Focused, fast-moving and compelling\u201d \u2013New York Daily News As the world\u2019s attention turns to the 2008 Beijing Olympics, WIDE ANGLE reports on how the next generation of Chinese leaders is being molded. 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