Chinese girl's maths 'prodigy' unravels

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The rise and fall of China’s viral maths 'prodigy'

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Jiang Ping , 17 , came 12th in the qualifiers of an international maths contest in June .

She was hailed as a 'prodigy' in the press and on social media.

The fashion design student from a rural town in Jiangsu province was hailed a 'genius' She was the first finalist since the competition began in 2018 to have come from a lowly vocational school.

Contest organisers say she violated competition rules by receiving help from her teacher, who was also a contestant.

A social media account once used by her mother is now defunct, and a phone number linked to her father has been deactivated.

Many social media users also spoke up for the teenager, arguing the bigger responsibility lay with her school and teacher.

“Even if the whole thing was faked, Jiang Ping was not the mastermind behind it,” one wrote on Weibo .

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