Was the IOL the polish equivalent to the 高考?
Also: I am currently goofing around in Gansu and will do so until the tenth, subsequent to which I will on the twelfth return to Switzerland. In the meanwhile I'll see if I can't find Tangut inscriptions here somewhere.
(NB: as far as I can tell this means that I will be sans internet on the ninth and maybe on the twelfth depending on how tired my eighteen hours of journey back to Switzerland makes me – but eeeehhhh I've spent longer times in Chinese trains and I was fine after that.)