Naked Smoking 6-Year-Old Girl Spotted Begging on Nanjing Street

Naked Smoking 6-Year-Old Girl Spotted Begging on Nanjing Street
Jul 04, 2013 By eChinacities.com

Although a bit darker than what we would usually post in our Weird China News section, this story has been hot on the Chinese internet over the past day or two.

On July 2, a Weibo user posted two pictures which attracted a lot of attention from netizens. The pictures depict a naked girl on a street in Nanjing smoking a cigarette. It was later found that the girl had been reported to the police on two separate occasions by passersby on June 26 and 28, however nothing has been done.

On July 3, a reporter arrived on the scene though saw that this time the girl was wearing some clothes, albeit very dirty ones. The girl was smiling at passersby while a shirtless man knelt beside her in front of a plastic basin which contained small pieces of change. Realizing the child was a beggar, the reporter and some passersby suggested that someone took the child to a relief station, though the man stated, “This is my child. I don’t need help.” 

It was then discovered that the man was 46 year-old Zhou Chonggao, from Sihong, Jiangsu. Zhou stated that he had two children: an eight-year-old son living in his hometown and the six year old beggar. He revealed that his wife had left him four or five years ago. Neither of the children have a hukou (Chinese system of household registration), and that the family are currently homeless and only own a 3 mu spot of land. Zhou said that his yearly rent earnings of 1,000 RMB were not enough to live on, and this is why he brought his daughter out to beg.

When the reporter suggested that Zhou find work, he rebuked by stating that he found manual labor too tiring, and wasn’t willing to. A lawyer advised that although Zhou is infringing on child protection laws, he isn’t actually committing any crimes for such an action. Experts believe that it is down to the local police to deal with the situation.

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Corflamum

This little epithet combined with the Jiangsu official saying, "If police don't beat people, what's the point?" perfectly sums up everything wrong with China. And one way or another society will pay for what they did for that little girl--her life is the crucible in which sociopathic criminals are formed.

Jul 05, 2013 02:53 Report Abuse

deefoe

“manual labor is too tiring”, damn guess that sums it up. here little one have another cancer stick

Jul 04, 2013 21:55 Report Abuse

crimochina

i know foreigners are really really bad people. 2000 warning and all. but mr policeman could you take a break from going after dirty foreigners to go after the pervert who abused this poor child. oh wait, it must be a foreigner.

Jul 04, 2013 18:18 Report Abuse