Beijing: More than nine million children have been “left behind” in China’s countryside by parents who have moved to its towns and cities to find work, Beijing said.
The plight of such children, who are usually looked after by grandparents but sometimes have no guardians at all, is one of the most emotive consequences of China’s decades-long economic boom.
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