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Decade of changes in 'empty nest' village

Updated: 2014-04-25 06:11 (chinadaily.com.cn)
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Decade of changes in 'empty nest' village

This photo taken in 2004 shows “left-behind” children posing for a photo at a primary school in the village, which had 93 “left-behind” children” out of a total of 150 students. An estimated one in five children in China grows up without one or both of their parents as they are left behind – usually with their grandparents – when the parents leave in the hope of finding more work opportunities in the city. [Photo/qq.com]


Decade of changes in 'empty nest' village

Decade of changes in 'empty nest' village

Decade of changes in 'empty nest' village

 Growing up on back of a horse

Couple leave city for 'Self-sufficiency Lab'

 A village in the city