Newly arrived, she’s fighting to find her place among the crowd and against homesickness.
In densely populated China, competition for education is fierce. Students who don’t succeed academically are often sent to Kung Fu schools. “She looks very clever and wise, but really she is very foolish,” says ChengWu’s teacher.
At age eight, ChengWu is both the youngest female and one of the smallest at the school. Many of her peers are up to 12 years older.
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