Chinese lawmakers are seeking to criminalise identity theft in college entrance exams, after revelations that hundreds of students in a single province had their scores stolen or used by others.
This year more than 10 million students will sit China’s gaokao, a state-level exam for entering college widely seen as a key path to higher education for students from underprivileged homes.
In one story posted to Weibo a former student described their school choosing some of the brightest younger students to sit the gaokao on behalf of students at another school.