A foreign backdoor to university

Zhang Jiandang, a 44-year-old Beijing strawberry farmer, was in no way prepared for the controversy that engulfed his son due to his ineligibility to register for the national entrance examination, or gaokao, in Beijing.
Zhang Tu, his 17-year-old son, is a second grader at the Experimental High School Attached to Beijing Normal University, whose grades show the potential for him to get in to top universities - if he could sit the gaokao in Beijing.
Unfortunately, his hukou, or household registration, is in Anhui Province, meaning he must take the test there instead.
In Anhui, different textbooks and exam papers are used and the competition is much fiercer. Hukou has been a major barrier for him since elementary school, but when it comes to gaokao, it becomes a life-altering hurdle that cannot be overcome by "sponsorship fees." Read more...