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"It's too hard for my son to go to an urban school."

Wei Shuangheng, a migrant worker from Nanyang, said Jianshe Road No 3 Primary School in Zhengzhou, Henan province, turned his son away after he failed to answer questions from the teacher.

His 8-year-old boy, identified as Hang Hang, was rejected by the school under the guise of "poor educational background". He had to take an IQ test to confirm he was intellectually healthy because he was plagued by "what's 5 plus 7".