Cramming for the future

Every June, a massive ceremony in the rural town of Maotanchang, in the eastern province of Anhui, sends off busloads of students through cheering crowds, as they head to test centers.

The town is home to Asia’s largest cram school.

Here, teenagers have been studying 16 hours a day, seven days a week – and their families have been with them every step of the way.

We take you behind the scenes in this small rural town turned test-prep hub.