[chongli]

the underlying issue is a serious mental health issue of extraordinarily stressed students

The underlying issue is that billions of people around the world are being squeezed through an ever shrinking funnel in a desperate attempt to escape poverty. The pressure continues to build, year over year. Looking at it as a "mental health" problem is only one less level removed from the source than looking at it as a "ceiling fan" problem.

[110011]

The people referenced in the article, who attend several years specialized coaching preparing for these exams, paying large sums of money in the process, are hardly doing so in "a desperate attempt to escape poverty."

They are simply trying to prepare better than the competition.

Also you seem to get wrong some basic facts about how well the global economy is providing for and improving the state of people around the world. There are no billions that are attempting to escape poverty in the light of some shrinking funnel.

[stale2002]

I reject your claim that opportunities are "shinking".

The actual facts show that the world is better than it ever has been in history, and there are more opportunities than ever.

We still have a ways to go to solve all of the world's problems, but we should be proud of how quickly things are getting better, and not worse.