Men in medieval China were able to move up the social ladder as easily as male Baby Boomers in the US, study suggests

• Obtaining high status was likely as easy for men in the Tang Dynasty as for men in the modern US, a study suggests.
• It found that social mobility for men at the time could be compared to that of the 1960s in the US.
• These men weren't aristocrats, but became bureaucrats through the rigorous imperial examination.

Men in medieval China could gain high status in society as easily as male Baby Boomers in the US, according to a new study released on Thursday.