Beggar gives his earnings to 'more in need victims'

A homeless beggar in his 60s and a middle-aged shoeshine woman have come to epitomize people's selflessness in supporting the victims of the Sichuan earthquake.

The beggar, named Xu Chao, with long gray hair and shabby clothes, has won wide acclaim in Nanjing, Jiangsu province, for donating money several times.

He started with 5 yuan at a donation center run by the city's civil affairs department on Saturday morning.