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China school principal crafts new future for 'mountain girls'

Zhang Guimei checks her students studying in the evening on July 4, 2020, in Huaping County in the city of Lijiang, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Chen Xinbo/Xinhua)

   At dawn, with a bullhorn in her left hand, Zhang Guimei tiptoes out of her dormitory and clutches at the handrail as she slowly makes her way down the stairs.

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