Tech takes centre stage as Chinese students weigh up major choices

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Like millions of Chinese students, 18-year-old He Junjie is anxiously waiting to see which university and major will admit him after last month’s intensely competitive National Higher Education Entrance Examination, or gaokao.After evaluating his score and studying the universities and programmes he qualified for, He focused on engineering when submitting his applications a few weeks ago.Information and communications technology, as well as vehicle engineering, were the top choices, the young...