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A vendor plays guitar at a musical instrument booth at the Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 24, 2017. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

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A visitor (L) selects bronze ware at the Xinjiang International Grand Bazaar in Urumqi, capital of northwest China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, April 26, 2017. (Xinhua/Zhao Ge)

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U.S. students learn paper-cutting during the "Open Day - Experience China" event at the Chinese Consulate General in New York, the United States, on May 5, 2017. This event, organized by the Education Office of the Consulate, invited over 200 K-12 students and their principals, teachers and parents from schools in New York and New Jersey to join Chinese traditional activities, which provided an opportunity for them to know more about Chinese language and culture. (Xinhua/Wang Ying)

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U.S. students write calligraphy during the "Open Day - Experience China" event at the Chinese Consulate General in New York, the United States, on May 5, 2017.

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Jiaolong, China's manned submersible, is about to dive into South China Sea, May 5, 2017. Jiaolong discovered a collection of polymetallic nodules in Puyuan Seamount in the South China Sea on Friday. (Xinhua/Liu Shiping)

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A rescued miner is lifted from the shaft at the Jilinqiao colliery in Huangfengqiao Township, Youxian County, central China's Hunan Province, May 8, 2017. A coal mine accident that happened on Sunday has killed 18 people. A gas leaking occurred on Sunday morning, when a total of 55 workers were working in the mining shaft. Rescuers have brought 37 miners to safety and sent them for hospital treatment. (Xinhua/Li Ga)

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A rescued miner receives medical treatment after being lifted from the shaft at the Jilinqiao colliery in Huangfengqiao Township, Youxian County, central China's Hunan Province, May 8, 2017.

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A medical worker gestures to show three trapped miners being rescued at the Jilinqiao colliery in Huangfengqiao Township, Youxian County, central China's Hunan Province, May 8, 2017.

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A rescuer cries after a trapped miner is lifted from the shaft at the Jilinqiao colliery in Huangfengqiao Township, Youxian County, central China's Hunan Province, May 8, 2017.

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Photo shows a new “Lei Feng” locomotive of Lanzhou Railway Bureau on March 3, 2017. On March 3, 2017, an event to mark the new “Lei Feng” locomotive was held in Yinchuan City, northwest China’s Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region. Over the past 20 years, the “Lei Feng” locomotive has been upgraded from steam engines to internal combustion engines and electric locomotives, and now its fourth generation of a new type named "Harmony". So far, the “Lei Feng” locomotive of Lanzhou Railway Bureau has traveled 3.58 million kilometers in 10, 219 days. (Xinhua/Wang Peng)

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A subway train features pink decorations to encourage people to declare their feelings in Shenzhen City, South China’s Guangdong Province, May 8, 2017. The train includes words collected from Shenzhen’s subway commuters. Some singles said they want to find their other half in the city. The event will run for one month. (Photo: China News Service/Chen Wen)

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A dolphin stranded on a beach is helped to swim back into the sea in Beihai City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 7, 2017. The dolphin was about 1.8 meters long and weighed about 100 kilograms. (Photo/VCG)

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A man takes photos of flower decorations set to greet the upcoming Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation at a crossing near Xidan commercial area in downtown Beijing, capital of China, May 7, 2017. Beijing will host the Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation on May 14-15. (Xinhua/Chen Xiaogen)

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Chinese Ambassador to Austria Li Xiaosi pays tribute to those killed during a memorial service to commemorate the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp in the state of Upper Austria, Austria, May 7, 2017. Austria commemorated the 72nd anniversary of the liberation of the Mauthausen concentration camp on Sunday, with 7,000 people including national leaders attending the memorial service. (Xinhua/Liu Xiang)

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The People's Bank of China will issue a set of commemorative coins on Monday to mark the upcoming Belt and Road Forum for International Cooperation, which will take place in Beijing on May 14 and 15. (Photo/CGTN)
The set has three coins, one gold and two silver, all of which will be legal tender in China, said the bank in a statement.

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The front of one of the silver coins to be issued on Monday for the upcoming Belt and Road Forum.

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The back of one of the silver coins to be issued by the People's Bank of China on Monday for the upcoming Belt and Road Forum.

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A woman makes a kite during a contest in Anci District of Langfang, north China's Hebei Province, May 4, 2017. Forty-eight contestants across the country took part in the contest here on Thursday. (Xinhua/Liu Xuemin)

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Nurses practice smiling with chopsticks in their mouths at a hospital in Handan, Hebei province, China. REUTERS/Stringer

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Rescuers gather near a site of a forest fire in Hulunbuir, Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region, China. REUTERS/Stringer

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Visitors take photos of a clock on an exhibition of "The Forbidden City and the Maritime Silk Road" in the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, May 8, 2017. A total of 140 sets of relics were on display on the exhibition. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

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Guizhou Navigation Museum, the first inland navigation-themed museum in China, opens in Zunyi City, Guizhou Province, May 9, 2017. The museum covers about 3,000 square meters, exhibiting navigation history regarding rivers and related development across the province. (Photo: China News Service/He Junyi)

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A fisherman 'catches' an aircraft wing carrying 16 suspected bombs while fishing in a river in Luannan County, North China's Hebei Province. Local authorities have disarmed the rusty shells and plan to destroy them. (Photo/VCG)

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A virtual fitting room has been introduced in a shopping mall in eastern city of Nanjing, allowing customers to "try on" clothes without getting undressed physically. Standing before the screen, the virtual fitting room will project a 3D image of the item of clothing onto the person. (Photo/Xinhua)

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A visitor takes photos of an astronomical telescope dated back to the late Qing Dynasty on an exhibition of "The Forbidden City and the Maritime Silk Road" in the Palace Museum in Beijing, capital of China, May 8, 2017. A total of 140 sets of relics were on display on the exhibition. (Xinhua/Jin Liangkuai)

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Escaped prisoner Zhang Lincang was captured by armed police on a mountain in Songming County in Kunming City, the capital of Southwest China’s Yunnan Province, May 10, 2017. Zhang escaped from Yunnan Province First Prison on May 2. He was injured by police gunfire when he tried to flee the mountain. (Photo/Weibo of CCTV)

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File photos of escaped prisoner Zhang Lincang.(Photo/Yunnan.cn)

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Rescuers assist four tourists stranded on an amusement park ride after it fractured in Taiyuan City, capital of North China’s Shanxi Province, May 9, 2017. (Photo: China News Service/Wei Liang)

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A citizen takes photos of a light show to greet the upcoming 8th China Peking Opera art festival, in the Xinjiekou area of Nanjing, capital of east China's Jiangsu Province, May 6, 2017. The art festival will be held in Nanjing from May 11 to 29. (Xinhua/Su Yang)

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Suspects stand next to materials and equipment used to make drugs after police bust a drug lab in Laibin City, South China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, May 5, 2017. Guangxi police seized 10 suspects, 250 kilograms of ketamine and 1,078 kilograms of half-finished ketamine. Police in neighboring Guangdong Province also caught six suspects who were part of the drug-making ring. (Photo/gxnews.com.cn)

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Police seize fake cosmetics supplies in Suichang County, East China’s Zhejiang Province. Local police seized fake equipment and products worth 120 million yuan ($17 million), including whitening masks and Botox, and also detained 13 suspects. (Photo: China News Service/Wang Yibin)

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Liang Shi studies at a teahouse in Chengdu, Sichuan province, on May 8, 2017. (Photo/VCG)

Burying himself in a pile of papers, 50-year-old Liang Shi from China's Sichuan province might be the country's most tenacious student for he has tried to crack the Gaokao, or National college entrance exam, 20 times, and this year he is ready to tackle it again.

Never giving up on his dream, Liang has decided to continue his attempt - to get into Sichuan University, for mathematics study. Last year, he only managed 417 points, which is far from the minimum passing marks for admission to the university.

Liang first sat for Gaokao when he was 16, and now 30 years later his son is already a college student.

When asked why he keeps trying for Gaokao, Liang, who runs a construction supplies business, said he just want to fulfill his dream of going to university.

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