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Clampdown on village nursery after photos expose rural hardship

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<!– google_ad_section_start –> Education authorities in rural Henan province ordered the abrupt closure of an unlicensed village nursery after its children made national headlines in a series of news photos depicting the hardships of rural “left-behind”children. Jin Huifen, a 44-year-old local woman and head of the neighbourhood nursery for 16 years, told the South China Morning Post: “I was happy when the kids became sort of famous after the reporters took photos of them. But now I am heart-broken. I don’t want to let my children go without school.” <!– google_ad_section_end –>

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