A Chinese couple checks fake diplomas before buying them from a man (back to camera)...

A Chinese couple checks fake diplomas before buying them from a man (back to camera) in Beijing September 4, 2002. Chinese authorities have started investigating the academic credentials of entry-level Communist Party cardes to root out those with false diplomas or identities, local media has reported. In April, police in Shanghai seized 100,000 bogus licenses and certificates and detained seven suspects in a bust that authorities described as the biggest of its kind. After a raid in Beijing, state television showed mounds of red rubber stamps and computers used to make thousands of fake ID cards, passports and diplomas.