Wide spread cheating incidents in various state exams are not news in China. For example, hundreds were caught cheating just a year ago. However, it does become news-worthy when such behavior spread out of the traditional academic domain and into the supposedly innocent world of amateur sporting events.
This week, the organizers of the Xiamen Marathon event has to disqualify almost a third of its top 100 finishers. Some elite runners were found to carry multiple timing chips in order to obtain results for others who did not participate in the race. Other kinds of cheating were also reported.
The main motivation for such a wide-spreading cheating occurrence appeared to be gaining an advantage for college entrance. In China, a high school graduate can receive extra-credit in college admission consideration if he or she can demonstrate elite-level athletic ability, e.g., finishing a marathon within 2 hours and 34 minutes.
Not surprisingly, the disqualified runners, actual or non-existent, all had their finishing time within that threshold.
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Saturday, January 23, 2010
Monday, January 19, 2009
1,000 Cheaters in State Exams
The national civil service entrance exam is instituted in China for the selection of civil servants working for the government. In recent years, civil servant have become a very attractive job for its stability, salary, and generous pension and benefits, especially in the time of economic downturn and uncertainly. The exam is therefore becoming ultra-competitive.
The official China Daily announced that about a thousand cheaters have been busted in recent exams in Liaoning Province and Beijing. The cheaters wore wireless mini earplugs to receive transmitted information and/or bought standard answers from outside companies.
"Cheaters' names and identification card numbers will be put into a database to serve as a recruiting reference for central and local governments," reported China Daily.
The official China Daily announced that about a thousand cheaters have been busted in recent exams in Liaoning Province and Beijing. The cheaters wore wireless mini earplugs to receive transmitted information and/or bought standard answers from outside companies.
"Cheaters' names and identification card numbers will be put into a database to serve as a recruiting reference for central and local governments," reported China Daily.
Thursday, August 21, 2008
IOC Decides to Investigate Gymnast's Age, Finally
The allegation that the Chinese government has deliberated fielded underage gymnasts in the Beijing Olympics has been brewing ever since the competition started. The International Olympics Committee had been steadfastly refusing to look into the matter, citing a lack of concrete evidences.
Until now.
It seems that the mounting evidence has finally reached the tipping point even for the reluctant IOC, which belatedly decided to launch an investigation. It is still not clear how aggressive and deep the probe is going to be. It is nice to see that for once IOC is not taking the date of birth in a government-issued passport at its face value.
For the record, my own Chinese passport lists my birthday as 10/28/1999. I better grow up fast so I could compete in the Olympics myself!
Until now.
It seems that the mounting evidence has finally reached the tipping point even for the reluctant IOC, which belatedly decided to launch an investigation. It is still not clear how aggressive and deep the probe is going to be. It is nice to see that for once IOC is not taking the date of birth in a government-issued passport at its face value.
For the record, my own Chinese passport lists my birthday as 10/28/1999. I better grow up fast so I could compete in the Olympics myself!
Monday, April 28, 2008
Cheating In the Party School
No, not any party school. The Party School of the Central Committee of C.P.C. (中共中央党校) is not an ordinary school, the unfortunate English translation not withstanding. It is a school specifically designated to train the next generation of high-level cadres of the Communist Party of China. It is a ritualistic milestone for any person's advancement in a career in the party apparatus and the government leadership.
With a stake thus high, not to mention the fact that candidates have been carefully selected for their characters, one would not expect blatant cheating in this school.
And one would be surprised.
The Party School published a bulletin on April 7, detailing some of the cheating cases it had caught during its graduate school exam this year.
In one case, they intercepted wireless communications between an exam-taker and a helper outside. In two other cases, they found the exam-takers are not who they are supposed to be. They are hired guns. Yet two more cases involve exam-takers smuggling cheat sheets into the exam.
The bulletin indicated that all the above personals have been disqualified. It also mentioned many occasions that exam papers have been illegally marked (presumably to provide a hint to graders). Those are also disqualified.
With a stake thus high, not to mention the fact that candidates have been carefully selected for their characters, one would not expect blatant cheating in this school.
And one would be surprised.
The Party School published a bulletin on April 7, detailing some of the cheating cases it had caught during its graduate school exam this year.
In one case, they intercepted wireless communications between an exam-taker and a helper outside. In two other cases, they found the exam-takers are not who they are supposed to be. They are hired guns. Yet two more cases involve exam-takers smuggling cheat sheets into the exam.
The bulletin indicated that all the above personals have been disqualified. It also mentioned many occasions that exam papers have been illegally marked (presumably to provide a hint to graders). Those are also disqualified.
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