The Chronicle of Higher Education

Campus Life Proves Difficult for China's 'Little Emperors'

Pampered at home, students rebel against squalid dorms and limits on their freedom

The 20-year-old Peking University sophomore sat down at her computer one day in late April and posted a poem on a university Internet bulletin board. She then walked to the top of a university...

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