Lucy Yang would never forget the night on July 16, 2020, when she felt relieved after seeing her Gao Kao score. “593! You made it,” Lucy heard her mom scream in excitement. She closed her laptop then turned to her closet, which was stacked with long lobes and capes called Hanfu. She opened the cabinet to show gratitude towards those clothes that motivated her to excel in that life-changing exam. Yang is a sophomore at the Renmin University of China, one of the top-tier universities in China, funded under project 985. To get in prestigious universities as such, millions of Chinese high school students strived their best to get perfect…