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FEATURED ARTICLE *** Gene ID cards issued to help Xinhua News Agency, news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/03/content_7360752.htm [accessed 28 April 2011] With specially-made ID cards
containing their genetic information, 14 street children in northwest The card, with 15 gene loci (gene
locations), can represent the full biological characteristics of a person,
and has no chance to be identical with another one among the 6 billion
population in the world, Wu said. ***
ARCHIVES *** UNICEF – China www.unicef.org/infobycountry/china.html [accessed 28 April 2011] Human Rights Reports » 2005
Country Reports on Human Rights Practices www.state.gov/g/drl/rls/hrrpt/2005/61605.htm [accessed 29 January 2011] CHILDREN - Juvenile crime increased
sharply, prompting calls to establish an independent, nationwide juvenile
justice system. During the first seven months of the year, 23 percent more
juveniles were convicted of crimes than during the same period in 2004. From
2000 to 2004, the annual increase in juvenile crime was 14 percent.
Authorities arrested 69,780 juveniles in 2003, and approximately 19 thousand
juveniles were incarcerated in formal prisons. Abolition of the system of
custody and repatriation in 2003 reduced the number of children detained administratively.
Nonetheless, more than 150 thousand homeless "street children" lived in
cities, according to state-run media. Many did not live with their parents
and survived by begging. New life for hapless kids Wang www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-10/16/content_7111771.htm [accessed 28 April 2011] When Zeng
was 5, her father abandoned her after her stepmother had a baby. She was
given to a couple and brought to Jiangxi. This couple only adopted her to exploit her
as a bread winner. They trained Zeng to do
acrobatics and treated her like a circus animal. For two months after she escaped this hell,
Zeng performed on the streets to beg and slept at
bus stations. Number of homeless centers to double in China Guan www.chinadaily.com.cn/china/2008-09/13/content_7024750.htm [accessed 28 April 2011] Gao said a national relief system
aimed at helping vagrants, both adults and children, was set up in August
2003, following a scandal in which Sun Zhigang, a
native of Hubei province and a worker at a garment
company in Guangdong province, was beaten to death by eight patients at a
penitentiary hospital just hours after being arrested as a vagrant for not
carrying his ID. Under the system, adult vagrants
can apply for free board and lodging for up to 10 days at relief stations,
she said. In that time, local civil
affairs bureaus, which oversee the stations, will help people to make contact
with their families and will also pay for their bus or train ticket home. Before the system was set up,
homeless people were subject to the old system of "compulsory custody
and repatriation", under which police had to jail vagrants and beggars,
and send them back to their hometowns, Gao
said. "The establishment of the
new relief system is a major step forward for human rights protection in
China." As of March of this year, the
system had helped 588,500 street children nationwide, she said. "Most of them left home because of
poverty, improper parenting, or because they were trafficked," she said Behind the scenes in Beijing Catherine Sampson, Guardian, 3 August 2008 www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/aug/03/china.olympicgames2008 [accessed 29 January 2011] At the bottom of the heap are the
street children. At a residential school, I met some of the children plucked
from the streets. An 11-year-old boy who preferred that I call him by his
English name, Nicholas, told me that he had lived with his younger brother
and older sister in Henan. His father was
frequently in trouble and a mother was both pitifully poor and unable to cope
with her uncontrollable children. One day the boss of a beggar gang arrived
scouting for children. He offered the mother 3 yuan
(20p) per day per child if she would allow him to take them away to beg,
which she did. He said he would hand over this money in a lump sum once a
year at Chinese New Year. During the months that followed,
Nicholas said, he earned between 100 and 600 yuan
per day (between £7 and £40) for his boss. Nicholas kept trying to run away.
When the boss beat his younger brother for not earning enough, Nicholas swore
at his boss. Because of this, when the boss took the children home at spring
festival, he gave Nicholas' mother only 30 yuan
(£2) for her son's labour. – htsc Gene ID cards issued to help Xinhua News Agency, news.xinhuanet.com/english/2008-01/03/content_7360752.htm [accessed 28 April 2011] With specially-made ID cards
containing their genetic information, 14 street children in northwest The card, with 15 gene loci (gene
locations), can represent the full biological characteristics of a person,
and has no chance to be identical with another one among the 6 billion
population in the world, Wu said. Kelly Road grad doing research in China Bernice Trick, Prince George Citizen, 10 May 2007 This article has been archived by World Street Children
News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 28 April 2011] She said the majority of street
children are males. Many are children of migrant workers who've become lost
in job shuffles, some have run away or been pushed out of their homes, others
have been sold or stolen, and many are orphaned due to parent deaths form disasters
like floods and drought. Man joins beggars to learn cruel story about street kids Zhang Liuhao, 2006-12-21 This article has been archived by World Street Children
News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 28 April 2011] Motivated by the plight of injured
street children, a man became a beggar for two months in Shenzhen to learn
about their circumstances. He visited a man, who was
considered the richest beggar in Shenzhen. The man always controlled three to
four sick or handicapped children, intimidating them into begging. Cao said the man broke arms or legs
of the children he had abducted to make them look miserable. The more
miserable it looked, the more people would give to these children, the man
believed. When the children turned
seriously ill, they often disappeared mysteriously and some new cruelly
injured children would appear, Cao said. Not scorned, street kids get new life in imitation family 2006-06-02 This article has been archived by World Street Children
News and may possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 28 April 2011] Home meant anything but warmth to
Wang Qi when he, then 12 years old, was rejected by
his divorced parents four years ago.
But an imitation family program is reshaping the boy’s idea, if more,
perhaps, his life. Xinhua News Agency, news.xinhuanet.com/english/2006-05/17/content_4563471.htm [accessed 28 April 2011] Currently street children have
access to food and accommodationat relief stations,
which also provide help for adult vagrants.
The street children's centers to be established across China will
offer not only room and board but also basic education. Civil affairs authorities help as many as
150,000 street kids every year. Experts estimate that there are a total of 1
million street children in China. At the Margins: Street Children in Andrew West, 2003 -- Asian Development Bank ADB, Poverty
and Social Development Papers resourcecentre.savethechildren.se/content/library/documents/margins-street-children-asia-and-pacific [accessed 28 April 2011] The Asia-Pacific Region is home to
nearly half the world's children, including large numbers of street
children. This paper provides an introductory snapshot of issues
concerning "street children" in this vast and culturally diverse
region. Major characteristics of
street children include homelessness, separation from family, poverty, and
being out of school with a need to work, which are further linked to
vulnerability, to exploitation and risk. This is a thorough review of the
situation of street children in the region, which explores meanings and
definitions, the causes and reasons for moving to the street, daily life
issues and risks and perceived benefits of street life. It also presents
examples from across the region, frameworks and methods for intervention
before concluding by reviewing the roles of governments and NGOs. Information About Street Children - This report is taken from “A Civil Society Forum for East
and South East Asia on Promoting and Protecting the Rights of Street
Children”, 12-14 March 2003, At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 22 September 2011] There are an estimated 150,000
street children in The Migrant's Story: Contours Of
Human Rights Abuse Human Rights Watch Report, "The Invisible Exodus:
North Koreans In The People's Republic Of www.hrw.org/legacy/reports/2002/northkorea/norkor1102-01.htm [accessed 28 April 2011] CHILDREN WITHOUT A FUTURE - Humanitarian workers also
reported to Human Rights Watch a significant and growing problem of Getting children off the street in Baoji Médecins Sans Frontières
MSF, May 2005 At one time this article had been archived and may
possibly still be accessible [here] [accessed 28 April 2011] Since January 2005, Marg Ward, an Australian nurse from Ballina,
has been working with street kids in the Médecins
Sans Frontières (MSF) Baoji
Children's Center in Xinhua News Agency, March 7, 2005 www.china.org.cn/english/2005/Mar/121989.htm [accessed 28 April 2011] Zhang stated that there are at least
150,000 homeless children wandering the country's cities, most of them from
underdeveloped rural areas. "Most
of these children are suffering from inadequate daily necessities and have no
chance to receive a normal education, which has a lifelong negative impact on
their physical and mental health. Some of them even become criminals,"
Zhang said. Providing AIDS Care And Helping
Street Children Médecins Sans Frontières
MSF, International Activity Report 2004 www.doctorswithoutborders.org/publications/ar/report.cfm?id=991%20&cat=activity-report [accessed 28 April 2011] MSF continues to provide
psychosocial support to marginalized children in CTV.ca News Staff, Feb. 12 2005 -- With files from CTV's Steve Chao www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/World/20050212/street_kids_041224/ [accessed 28 April 2011] When Joseph Song was a young boy,
he was one of many Chinese children who roamed the streets working for the
little money he would never see. These
days, the 19-year-old helps run a sanctuary for street children. New study reveals nationwide system of arbitrary detention Human Rights in China, Inc., September 29, 1999 www.tibet.ca/en/newsroom/wtn/archive/old?y=1999&m=9&p=30_4 [accessed 28 April 2011] To "prepare" for the
National Day celebrations, for some months police in cities across the
country have been detaining people in a "clean-up" campaign to
clear the streets of those deemed undesirable by urban authorities. The vast majority
of detainees are ordinary migrant workers. Other prime targets include All material used herein
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