On the way out to the archipelago from Stockholm, the road winds through the radiant green landscape of a fairy-tale: forests, timber houses, rye fields, fat cows.

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It was late in the afternoon, the sun just going down over the fields, the last of the light filtering through the trees and shrubs along the road by the old hospital.

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Along one 20km stretch, recalls Mr Mukerji, the road had disappeared, forcing him to drive through fields.

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The road to Bowen School cuts across dusty fields and through grim industrial zones in southeast Beijing.

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