Past admissions interview questions for Oriental Studies
Do you think Chairman Mao would be proud of the China of today? (Oxbridge Applications)
Why does the word 'God' and 'I' have a capital letter? (Oxbridge Applications)
how can china be so materialistic, and yet be one of the biggest Buddhist countries in the world if Buddhism teaches non attachment? (Oxbridge Applications)
how can Buddhists believe in anatta (no permanent self) and also in karma and rebirth? (Oxbridge Applications)
I was given two pieces of Chinese art and asked to comment on the similarities between them (and there were hardly any!) (Oxbridge Applications)
what do you think of art for art's sake? what do you think of the turner prize? (Oxbridge Applications)
why do you think Chinese students obey their parents more than those in the uk?- think about historical traditions (Oxbridge Applications)
why do you think the birth rate in the usa is declining? (Oxbridge Applications)
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