Discussion keeps the world turning.
This is Round Table.
Gaokao is done, but the real pressure cooker just fired up.
What to study?
What to become?
This year, Chinese universities are tearing up the old rule book.
They're pushing crossover.
Programs, flexible tracks and a radical idea, your major is not your destiny.
So if the job market keeps shape-shifting as it has been, does picking a subject even matter anymore?
And what does a smart choice look like when nobody knows what's coming next?
Coming to you live from our studios in Beijing, this is Round Table.
I'm Steve Hatherly.
Thank you so much for being with us today.
And for the show, I'm with Fei-Fei and Yushan.
First up.
Gao Cao may be over.
Congratulations on that, by the way.
But for millions of students and families, a new decision is just beginning.
What to study and what kind of future to build.
This year's university admissions reveal something bigger than expanded enrollment