Hopeless: A Chinese girls journey from left behind child to migrant worker

Subscribe to our YouTube channel for free here: , SCMPFilm: Perhaps no story better represents the vicious cycle of poverty in rural China than that of 16yearold Chen Zhenzhen. Chen gave up her education at the age of 12, after her family could no longer afford her school fees, and became a migrant worker to help support her younger siblings. Realising that without an education, Chen says she has no way out of a future bound to doing manual labour. This is part of SCMP Films, mustwatch video featuring extraordinary stories from Hong Kong, China and around Asia. More here: