China's Tibet offers college exam takers a spot if their parents invest US$400,000


Tibet has one of China's lowest college entry barriers. - Reuters

BEIJING: Tibet is luring investors from elsewhere in China with a promise to let their children take university entrance exams there in return for an investment of at least US$400,000, an unusual move to exploit what is considered an easier scoring system.

With a population that is 90% ethnic Tibetan, the region has one of China's lowest college entry barriers, a key edge for the millions of students who take the competitive "gaokao" entrance exams each year, hoping to secure lucrative white-collar jobs.

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