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Images of a student with frozen hair and eyebrows that circulated on the Internet in January 2018 gave rise to an important debate about poverty in China – and its repercussions on the lives of children – when they were in the dark. they were posted year
Named "Ice Boy", Wang Fuman, then 8 years old, walked 4.5 km to get to the school that he attended in the province of Yunnan, in the south of the country. often in freezing temperatures. The day of the lit photo, which would have been made by his teacher, it was negative 9 degrees outside the clbadroom.
His determination to go to school despite the extreme conditions and his excellent academic results generated a wave of online empathy.
Now, nine years and twelve months later, Wang's life has changed a lot. According to the Chinese newspaper People's Daily, it does not need to spend nearly an hour in the snow to be able to attend clbades.
Wang and his family left the country, but he was not able to do it.the clay in which they lived and are today settled in a two-storey house within 10 minutes walk – from a paved road – from the school.
"Life is much better," said to the publication the boy's father, Wang Gangkui.
"By compared to mud walls and muddy roads, we are better protected from wind and rain. "
Meanwhile, Wang's school received a series of investments from one year to l & # 39; other.
Clbadrooms were equipped with heating equipment and a dormitory was built to accommodate children living in more remote areas.
"(Wang) is an excellent student and gets along well with clbadmates," said Fu Heng, deputy director of the school.
"All the attention (that the school was receiving) made the students live the" wonders of the world "and their ideas had changed a lot during that time, planted, and they have today a lot hope for the future. "
Wang's dreams, however, remain the same.
As in 2018, he hopes to become a police officer and have the opportunity to capture "bad guys".
More than 3,000 social network users Weibo (a Chinese system similar to Twitter) used the hashtag #IceBoyAYearOn ("Ice Boy a year later") to replay the boy's story. Many see in the "end" of the story they met a year ago, a "happy ending".
"The power of the Internet should not be neglected," wrote a user, pointing out that the repercussion of images on social networks had been at the origin of changes in the school and in the boy's life.
"(Seeing) the transformation of Wang's life and his family is very rewarding," writes user Chen Li in the Weibo network. "This is the merit of public opinion and the joint efforts of local authorities and countless people who care about others."
In his New Year's speech, President Xi Jinping said the government was focusing on poverty alleviation in rural areas in 2018.
"125 poor districts and 10 million residents of rural areas devastated poverty have left the poverty situation, "he said.
"To reach our goal of taking 10 million more people living in these areas of poverty, we must, as we expect, stay focused and work hard."
Some social network users, however, pointed out that overcoming poverty also means holding government officials accountable for the misuse of resources.
"You also help the poor by punishing corrupt officials," said one user.
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