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![[Smiling young school children running out the entrance of a school building in the Kiangsu Province or Yunnan Province in China]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMTMvc21pbGluZy15b3VuZy1zY2hvb2wtY2hpbGRyZW4tcnVubmluZy1vdXQtdGhlLWVudHJhbmNlLW9mLWEtc2Nob29sLWJ1aWxkaW5nLWQ3Y2M3NC0xMDI0LmpwZw%3D%3D/320/397/jpg "[Smiling young school children running out the entrance of a school building in the Kiangsu Province or Yunnan Province in China]")
![[A man with a shovel burying a child in a shallow grave in a rural area in the Kiangsu Province or Yunnan Province in China]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMjQvYS1tYW4td2l0aC1hLXNob3ZlbC1idXJ5aW5nLWEtY2hpbGQtaW4tYS1zaGFsbG93LWdyYXZlLWluLWEtcnVyYWwtYXJlYS1pbi10aGUtZWEzMjRmLTY0MC5qcGc%3D/40/49/webp "[A man with a shovel burying a child in a shallow grave in a rural area in the Kiangsu Province or Yunnan Province in China]")
![[Large group of school children, with their teacher, standing in a town street]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTAvMDQvbGFyZ2UtZ3JvdXAtb2Ytc2Nob29sLWNoaWxkcmVuLXdpdGgtdGhlaXItdGVhY2hlci1zdGFuZGluZy1pbi1hLXRvd24tc3RyZWV0LWJjYzNmOC02NDAuanBn/40/32/webp "[Large group of school children, with their teacher, standing in a town street]")
![[Exterior view showing scaffolding around a temple in Beijing, China]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMTQvZXh0ZXJpb3Itdmlldy1zaG93aW5nLXNjYWZmb2xkaW5nLWFyb3VuZC1hLXRlbXBsZS1pbi1iZWlqaW5nLWNoaW5hLTM0M2UzOC02NDAuanBn/40/28/webp "[Exterior view showing scaffolding around a temple in Beijing, China]")
![[Children learning to draw in an art class at a "commune school" in China]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDQvY2hpbGRyZW4tbGVhcm5pbmctdG8tZHJhdy1pbi1hbi1hcnQtY2xhc3MtYXQtYS1jb21tdW5lLXNjaG9vbC1pbi1jaGluYS1lNjljZWMtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/27/webp "[Children learning to draw in an art class at a \"commune school\" in China]")
