Students listen attentively at class in a school of Dehong Autonomous Prefecture in Yunnan Province. The province's tuition waiver policy has allowed more than 3,000 poor students to return to school.
Dehong Dai Nationality Autonomous Prefecture, bordering on the Federal Republic of Myanmar On three sides, is situated in the western part of Yunnan Province. More than half of the local people belong to such ethnic groups as Dai , Jingpo, Achang , Lisu and Deang nationalities.
(eastday.com December 19, 2001)