Hungry for love
By Yi Ling and Gui Juan | China Features | Updated: 2009-11-17 08:01
Fang Zhiqian (left) has lunch with his brother Fang Peng, watched by his mother Xie Kui'e. Xie left the two sons 12 years ago to work in Zhejiang province. She went back to her hometown to take care of them in June this year as the two boys are preparing for the college entrance examinations. Photos by Yi Ling |
Fang Zhiqian loves the smell of firecrackers. The pungent, burning chemicals conjure up images of the precious time this 16-year-old spent with his family as a young child.
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