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Farm work, tears and tough lessons: Inside China’s ‘hardship camps’ for children

CNA

Published 17 Oct 2026, 9:00 am·1 h ago·1 min read

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For thousands of yuan, Chinese parents are buying their children a taste of hardship: hauling bricks, labouring in fields and clearing dung from cowsheds. But psychologists warn that pushing them too far can backfire.

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