The road condition is so bad that even a 4 wheel-drive could not pass through to the new local school.

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An American teacher, David Deems (Chinese name Ding Dawei), moved millions of Chinese to tears. He came to China to teach in the mid 90s. Then he went to one of the most backward places in the country: Dongxiang County (It is also the name of one of the so-called minority peoples in China. The ancestors of the people were Muslims from the Central Asia and Mongolian people. The place is 3 hours by bus from Lanzhou. David has been there since 2002) in Gansu Province, China. David is well-known in China and the donation to his teaching exceeded 100,000 RMB. He is using the money to improve the teaching conditions there. He keeps all the record for each expense and reports back to the donors. A new local school was build by the donation from an American –Australian company through David local education authority pays him a monthly salary of 500 Yuan. David got married to another American teacher in Lanzhou and she moved to Dongxiang too.

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Location: Dongxiang County, Gansu Province, China,
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