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As the School Year Begins, Chinese Dissidents’ Children Are Left Out in the Cold

Petitioners whose children have been been denied access to school protest in Beijing

Petitioners whose children have been been denied access to school protest in Beijing’s Fengtai District, Aug. 20, 2016. Photo courtesy of Ran Chongbi

As millions of Chinese schoolchildren and college students were back in class at the start of the new academic year on Monday, the children of some dissidents and critics of the ruling Chinese Communist Party continue to be denied access to education, activists told RFA. Continue reading