But the town, in northern China's Hebei province, is actually devoted
to waste recycling. Mountains of glass bottles and scraps of plastic
crowd every available space.
Sitting in the middle of it all is a boarding school. Not one for the wealthy but, like many boarding schools in China, a school for the sons and daughters of local farmers and migrant workers. Poor families send their children here, hoping they'll get an education that will elevate them above the grime and dirt pervading this place.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32126839
Sitting in the middle of it all is a boarding school. Not one for the wealthy but, like many boarding schools in China, a school for the sons and daughters of local farmers and migrant workers. Poor families send their children here, hoping they'll get an education that will elevate them above the grime and dirt pervading this place.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-china-32126839