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

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. Grassroots activist Ran Chongbi, who has previously been detained by Chinese police for her support of the 2014 pro-democracy movement inHong Kong, said her school-age daughter has been barred from attending state-run schools for the past five years. Read more