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Free lunch, a boon for rural kids

(China Daily) Updated: 2011-06-02 09:34
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Free lunch, a boon for rural kids
Peng Yi, 5, stares at two sweet potatoes on his desk at the primary school in Dapingpo village of Xinhuang county, in Hunan. Before the start of the free lunch program, his lunch had often consisted of two potatoes. [Wang Lisan / for China Daily]

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