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Parents wait outside a closed gate of a school where their children are taking the annual national college entrance exams in Fuyang, in central China's Anhui province, June 7.
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Parents wait outside the Shanghai No.1 High School during the first day of the China's annual national college entrance exam in Shanghai June 7,
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Chinese parent wait as their children take the tough college entrance exams or Gaokao, in Wuhan, central China's Hubei province on June 7.
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A happy mother greeting her daughter after finishing the first day of the tough college entrance exams or Gaokao, in Beijing, June 7.
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A student and her father leave Shanghai No.1 High School after finishing China's annual national college entrance exam in Shanghai, June 8.
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A student and her mother leave Shanghai No.1 High School after finishing China's annual national college entrance exam in Shanghai June 8.
More than 9 million students sat China's notoriously tough college entrance exams with "high-flyer" rooms, nannies and even intravenous drips among the tools being employed for success, and with just 6.85 million university spots on offer this year, competition for the top institutions is intense, and attempts to cheat are rife -- 1,500 people have been arrested on suspicion of selling transmitters and hard-to-detect ear pieces.
More photos on PhotoBlog of Chinese students taking their entrance exams in 2011.