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Students who earn full marks for writing on the national college entrance exam will be "honorary residents" of the former residence of Shen Congwen (1902-88), one of the country's most important contemporary writers.
An online uproar ensued when the announcement came from the Administration for the Former Residence of Shen Congwen, in Fenghuang, Hunan province.
While some praise the effort to stir up a passion for literature among youths and develop the beautiful old city, which is home to the Miao ethnic group, others criticize it as a publicity stunt.
Shen once joined the army and worked as a tax collector before teaching in several universities. His works reveal the confrontation between the countryside and the city in the 1930s and '40s. Many works describe life in western Hunan province. After 1949, he focused on ancient mirrors and costumes.
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