Demolition and Relocation

Abstract

This chapter begins with a discussion of the forced shutdown of 24 migrant children schools in Beijing during the summer of 2011. Using the example of one school, I document the series of events that led to the forced demolition of schools in the districts of Daxing, Haidian, and Chaoyang. The actions were followed by the subsequent issue of student relocation. I distinguish two types of schools that were designated by the government for migrant students’ relocation: one was the township public schools and the other was the government-subsidized private-run schools. By the end of that summer, only a small percentage of the students were able to be relocated.