{"id":146491,"date":"2026-02-20T02:00:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-20T02:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146491"},"modified":"2026-02-20T02:00:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-20T02:00:16","slug":"in-chinas-tight-economy-a-fake-exam-takers-scheme-has-touched-a-nerve","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=146491","title":{"rendered":"In China\u2019s tight economy, a fake exam-takers scheme has touched a nerve"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn the cutthroat world of Chinese civil service exams, the most dangerous opponent is not necessarily the person in the next seat: it is the \u201cghost\u201d candidate designed to scare you away before you even show up.<br \/>\nA bizarre case of inflating applicant numbers to deter potential candidates has become a national talking point, as tougher job prospects raise interest in civil service examinations on the mainland.<br \/>\nFirst reported by state media in December, the case involved the illegal purchase of&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/politics\/article\/3344010\/chinas-tight-economy-fake-exam-takers-scheme-has-touched-nerve?utm_source=rss_feed\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostIn the cutthroat world of Chinese civil service exams, the most dangerous opponent is not necessarily the person in the next seat: it is&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146491"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146491"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146491\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146491"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146491"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146491"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}