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A little known fact of life in China came to light when the diary of a 14-year-old peasant girl made it from a remote town in rural China made it to the bestseller lists in France. The book, which has now been published in 16 countries around the world, tells the story of a young girl who is desperate to stay in school, despite the problem of sky-high school fees, which her parents can not afford.

 

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  • The Daily telegraph (10/04/2004)
    Sans titre-1 REVUE DE PRESSE / z The world came to her village (The Daily telegraph, 10/4/2004) Sixteen-year-old Ma Yan s account of life in the poverty-stricken, drought-ridden north-west of China became a publishing sensation after it was shown to a...
  • letter from the ningxia 23 (07/04/2004)
    Sans titre-1 THE LETTER FROM THE NINGXIA / z Letter 23 - April 2004 Dear all, First of all, some news from Ma Yan, who has now returned to her village and to school from her fabulous trip to Paris. Her mother rang us to say she had found her transformed...