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In China the phenomenon of child beggars is a serious
problem, and it can be seen on the street in every city.
The leading cause of the problem is family factors and
kidnappings.
Experts have said that this problem is related to the issue of
governance over the past three decades.
The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) manage the society
with so-called planned economy,
which lacks of basic social protection,
leading to the long existing problem.
A few years ago, China's State Council Working Committee
on Women and Children reported that
1 million homeless people are minors.
Some of them are kidnapped, some are forced into begging
by their parents, and some are from poor families.
Recently the Ministry of Public Security said that
it would have the phenomenon of children begging on the street cleared up before the end of next year.
However, the public believes that
this is nothing more than big talk.
A Beijing resident said that the CCP makes many lies
and many policies don't work.
Beijing resident: "I can tell from this issue that
with many problems there is no way to deal with them.
You take a look at the news on TV and it makes things
sound pretty good, however, once you step out of the door,
it's completely different from what you heard.
So it's hard to tell whether the issue of child begging
on the street can be stopped or not."
A disabled veteran also believes that to eliminate
child beggars in a year can only be palliative.
Disabled veteran: "The government can only solve it in
some regions, or some people and some child beggars,
but can not solve all of them, because there is an
economic chain of vested interests."
In rural area, there are many children who were left at home.
Due to their parents paying insufficient attention to them,
they easily leave school and family. Many of them
haven't been taken care of for a long time.
Liu Kaiming, a literary doctor of Nanjing University,
director of Shenzhen Institute of Contemporary Observation,
said that those children are in the age of receiving the
compulsory education. If they are not in school,
then both the government and the parents didn't take responsibility.
Children beggars is a long term phenomenon. It's not easily solved.
Liu Kaiming: "China's lack of a good social security system
and child-caring system has lead many children to straying in the city.
If the government has no appropriate resources to support them
to return to school, this problem can never be solved."
而童乞现象对中国社会会产生什么影响？
What impact will the phenomenon of children begging in the
streets have on Chinese society?
Liu Kaiming: "Well, the impact is that those children didn't
receive any education. Today they are begging for food, and
maybe tomorrow...it can bring about further and deeper issues
which could threaten security. It shows there's lack of basic protection in China."
In February, Yu Jianrong, a rural issues' expert of China
Academy of Social Science set up an official micro-blog account for the "Photograph and Rescue of Child Beggars".
He stated publicly that combating abduction is not the same as
prohibiting child beggars.
He said: "Eliminating the phenomena of child beggars and
sending all children to school is basic common sense in any civilized society."
NTD reporters Zhu Zhishan, Li Ting and Li Anan.
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I wish mainstream investment news outlets would cover stories like this one. Everyone has gotten so drunk on China's big GDP potential that they ignore important human factors that can lead to long-term instability.
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