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Translation: Yue Xin on Education and Privilege

The following essay by Peking University senior Yue Xin shares her observations of social injustice and inequality of educational access in China. It was posted on her WeChat public account in February. As The Wall Street Journal’s Li Yuan comments, the essay “says a lot about China, inequality and how a young privileged person should think about all of it. Simply wonderful.” Earlier this month, along with seven other students, Yue demanded that the