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Rural applicant for archaeology unfazed by online controversies

Zhong Fangrong speaks during an interview with Xinhua in Leiyang, central China's Hunan Province, Aug. 4, 2020. [Xinhua/Bai Tiantian]

A rural Chinese student and top performer in the college entrance exams has grasped national headlines by choosing to study archaeology, defying a long-held stereotype that the major, and humanities in general, are not meant for social ladder climbers.

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