[ItsForTheChildren]

But treatments cost $500 a series, nearly a year's income. She had borrowed $250 to pay spring school fees for her two sons...

A year's income is $500 but it costs $250 to put 2 kids in school? Are there fall school fees, too? Another $250? A full year's wages for school?

Why do I think this story is not accurate?

[neverdem]

Why do I think this story is not accurate?

I'm inclined to think there are huge fudge factors in guestimates of rural income in China.

[miyamoto]

That's private school fees. Parents and grandparents throwing all their net worth and borrowing to spoil the youngest generation of children in China in (false) hopes of their having a better future.

Really weird demographics in China. Something's gotta give 10-20 years down the line.