Inside China’s schools for ‘rebellious’ teens

Mengchen Zhang, Jack Lau and Ankur ShahBBC Global China Unit and Eye Investigations

BBC Designed collage image showing side/back view of Baobao, who is wearing glasses and a grey cap. Left of her is an orange-tinted image of a corridor with bars on the windows, on the right is a blue-tinted image of the front of the school she attended. It has grilles across open-air corridors and Chinese writing on it.BBC

Warning: This report contains details of physical and sexual abuse and discussion of suicide.

Baobao’s heart still races when she smells soil after morning rain.

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