Beijing is the great crucible of social reinvention, and every child learns that hard work at school is a potential escape route from poverty.

BBC: A Beijing state of mind

With the mission of using service as a tool to strengthen bodies, empower minds, and build communities, The Campus Kitchens Project (CKP) is a student-powered hunger relief organization hard at work on 31 high school and college campuses.

WHITEHOUSE: Service as a Life and Legacy

"I don't take schoolwork with me when I travel -- I just work very hard when I'm at school in Guangzhou, " he said.

CNN: Chinese golfer, 13, to make European Tour history

They must work hard to escape poverty by going to school, do a good job at work and not be involved in crime.

CNN: Obama's 'quiet riots' are for real