Migrant Schools Shutdown in Beijing | Caixin Media
Yang Yifan—Caixin Media
On the outskirts of Beijing, beyond the city’s Fifth Ring Road, a string of schools that used to serve the children of the capital’s migrant workers have been closed for demolition in the last few years, in coordination with the municipal government’s depopulation plan. Photographer Yang Yifan captures abandoned schoolyards once bustling with students.
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On the outskirts of Beijing, beyond the city’s Fifth Ring Road, a string of schools that used to serve the children of the capital’s migrant workers have been closed for demolition in the last few years, in coordination with the municipal government’s depopulation plan. Photographer Yang Yifan captures abandoned schoolyards once bustling with students.