Eric Demay

Unfortunately, in Shanghai, you see too many of these lil’uns, walking alone among crowds on the street, no parent in sight, begging for money. Sometimes, if you observe the scene for awhile, you’ll maybe see an adult (mother, father, guardian, who knows) waiting, hidden away from sight of the average passer-by, collecting the money the child is soliciting. But many times you don’t, and the young one disappears into the swarm of legs of city folks rushing and you can only wonder why, with so many opulently dressed citizens, with so much wealth to go around, how can this still be?