When you hear the word „rolling“ in connection with China, do you primarily think of very thin dough patties, crispy Peking duck with strips of onion and cucumber, which are rolled up with spicy sauce into tasty wrap rolls? For Mandarin speakers, the topic of „rolling“ (卷 juǎn) has been playing out in their heads in a completely different way for quite some time. In China, you don’t roll yourself; you get rolled – in the fierce competition in the densely populated empire, where coveted resources are scarce, for example, spots at prestigious universities.