Faking overseas identity hurts fairness of college entrance exam

SOME AGENCIES ADVERTISE THAT they can help mainland students acquire the identity of being "overseas Chinese" so they can sit the much easier national college entrance exam for overseas Chinese students. People's Daily comments:

To attract overseas Chinese students to study in domestic universities, China organizes a special college entrance exam for them every year. The exam is much less competitive than the college entrance exams taken by mainland students.

As a result, the number of "overseas Chinese" candidates usually rises remarkably before the exam season, as agencies obtain "overseas" identities for those mainland families willing to pay the hefty price to get their children into a good college.