Thousands of parents in Xi'an, China, protested the influx of out-of-town students taking the high-school entrance exam, claiming that it pushed their children below the cut-off point for entrance to senior high school. The parents accused families from Henan province of exploiting the city's relaxed residency rules. The protests resulted in at least 10 arrests and investigations into educational service providers for fraud. The government claimed that there were only 3,608 out-of-town candidates, but protesters questioned the sudden increase in the number of candidates compared to the previous year. The protests highlight the unequal distribution of educational resources in China.

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