Clashes After China School Closed – BBC

From BBC News:

Chinese authorities have forcibly shut a school in Shanghai for 2,000 children of poor migrants, sparking clashes with parents and teachers, it is reported.

About 300 government officials and police interrupted classes and ordered pupils onto buses at Jianying Hope School in the Putuo district on Friday.

The fracas occurred on Monday after parents returned to demand the children be allowed to finish their school term. The pupils were mainly children of migrant workers from Anhui province.[Full Text]

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