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Updated: 2012-06-06 08:03 | By Zhang Yan ( China Daily)

China police have detained more than 1,500 people suspected of selling equipment used to cheat on exams
as part of a nationwide crackdown. The arrests were announced on Tuesday, just before millions of Chinese
teenagers take the national college entrance exam, or gaokao.



Offenders face a punishment of up to two weeks in police detention and thousands of yuan in fines, police said.
More than 60,000 electronic devices were seized during the operation, including clear-plastic earphones, wireless
signal receivers, and modified pens, watches, glasses and leather belts, which are all forbidden from being sold in
China.


Gaokao – The Biggest (most important?) Test in the World
The very first gaokao, Beijing, 1977

The yearly Gaokao, arguably the most important test for Chinese students, will be held on Thursday and
Friday. Millions of Chinese high school students yearly sit for the Gaokao, China's national college entrance exam,
to try and win a place at one of the country's universities.

Despite intensified efforts to fight exam-related crime, cheating devices are still easily found for sale online and in
electronic markets nationwide. Several traders at the large Huaqiang North Electronic Market in Shenzhen,
Guangdong province, said business for the illegal devices has been good in recent days.