Encouraging poorer youngsters to read
A boy reading a cartoon story at a bookstore in Shenzhen, Guangdong province. Statistics have shown that urban children, who make up 30 percent of the total number of youngsters in China, have access to as much as 80 percent of available children's books. The figure falls to 20 percent for rural children. Provided to China Daily |
Charity launches drive to hand out books to village primary schools in rural Yunnan
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