CX Daily: School’s Out for China’s Rural Students as Classrooms Close

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Cover Story: School’s out for China’s rural students as classrooms close

The once bustling main building of Xingshan Second Primary School in Hegang, a key coal mining city in China’s northeastern Heilongjiang province, now stands eerily quiet. Despite appearing relatively new from afar, up close it’s evident that disuse over time has taken its toll, with overgrown grass lining the empty schoolyard where children once played.