From the Chinese Press

Treat the poor as equal citizens

The photograph of a woman sweeping a street in Wenzhou, Zhejiang province, with her 3-year-old son tied on her back has sparked a debate on micro blogs, with netizens expressing sympathy and sorrow on her condition, says an article on voc.com.cn. Excerpts:

It was not unusual for workers to take their children to work back in the 1980s when preschool education was still in its infancy in China. But it is rather rare to see a scene like the one in Wenzhou today when public and private kindergartens have mushroomed across the country. Statistics show that the number of kindergartens in China had reached 138,200 in 2009.