By Dennis Tay

CHEATS at China's university entrance examinations were told this year that they could be blacklisted for life, but hundreds still turned to technology, hoping to beat the system.

Cheats - more than a hundred in some provinces - uncovered in last week's annual exam had used devices smaller and more innocuous-looking than ever before, according to Chinese media.

For example, some of the transmitter devices were embedded in normal erasers and watches, while some wireless receiving gadgets were the size of tiny red beans.

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