{"id":4706,"date":"2026-02-01T23:32:11","date_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:32:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/the-schools-that-break-children-bbc-world-service-documentaries\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T23:32:12","modified_gmt":"2026-02-01T23:32:12","slug":"the-schools-that-break-children-bbc-world-service-documentaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.godj.com\/reel\/the-schools-that-break-children-bbc-world-service-documentaries\/","title":{"rendered":"The Schools that Break Children &#8211; BBC World Service Documentaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe  width=\"580\" height=\"385\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1mHEmDz8I8k?autoplay=1\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><br \/>\n<br \/>#BBCEye investigates Chinese \u200bdisciplinary schools found to collude with parents to abduct troubled teens, forcing them into military-style training to \u2018fix\u2019 them at a devastating cost.<\/p>\n<p>Click here to subscribe to our channel \ud83d\udc49\ud83c\udffd https:\/\/bbc.in\/3VyyriM<\/p>\n<p>Every year across China, thousands of troubled teens attend disciplinary schools. These schools are part of a lucrative industry that promise anxious parents that military-style discipline will resolve everything from concerns over disobedience and depression, to gender and sexual identity.<\/p>\n<p>Undercover footage reveals how the schools conspire with concerned parents to abduct unwilling students, often in broad daylight, by posing as the authorities.<\/p>\n<p>Once inside the school, students say they are stripped of their phones and forced into months of strenuous physical activity. Many survivors talked about being beaten while some say they were subjected to sexual violence.<\/p>\n<p>00:00 Inside China\u2019s military-style\u00a0disciplinary schools<br \/>\n01:35 Why parents choose these schools<br \/>\n03:34 Promises to \u2018fix problem children\u2019<br \/>\n04:29 Li Zheng\u2019s growing school network<br \/>\n06:12 How students are tricked into a\u00a0school<br \/>\n08:56 Military drills and discipline<br \/>\n10:09 Guarantee to \u2018fix&#8217; their behaviour\u00a0<br \/>\n13:31 Enxu\u2019s story goes viral and she escapes<br \/>\n18:43 Volunteers take legal action against\u00a0Li Zheng<br \/>\n22:28 Evidence of a fake police pickup<br \/>\n25:19 Li Zheng\u2019s former staff launch a new school<br \/>\n29:37 Former students look back<\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\udcfd\ufe0f Watch this film in CHINESE here: https:\/\/youtu.be\/SVOVqPfPcLE<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa5 Watch more investigative journalism from our award-winning BBC Eye investigations team at this documentary playlist: https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/playlist?list=PLz_B0PFGIn4fa8LK1lptsvoA_spfJhzda<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udf9e\ufe0f You may also be interested in watching these documentaries:<\/p>\n<div class=\"epyt-video-wrapper\"><iframe  id=\"_ytid_86100\"  width=\"480\" height=\"270\"  data-origwidth=\"480\" data-origheight=\"270\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WV2fU_VWlqI?enablejsapi=1&#038;autoplay=1&#038;cc_load_policy=0&#038;cc_lang_pref=&#038;iv_load_policy=1&#038;loop=0&#038;rel=1&#038;fs=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autohide=2&#038;theme=dark&#038;color=red&#038;controls=1&#038;disablekb=0&#038;\" class=\"__youtube_prefs__  epyt-is-override  no-lazyload\" title=\"YouTube player\"  allow=\"fullscreen; 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