Orphanage not right option for 6-year-old courier

A PHOTO showing a 6-year-old boy working as courier in Qingdao, East China's Shandong province, went viral on social media after a customer posted photos of him working. Thepaper.cn commented on Wednesday:

According to local media, which followed up the story, the boy has lived with his uncle, who works as a courier, for three years since his mother disappeared one day after committing him to his uncle's care and his terminally ill father went to look for her.

His uncle said the boy is thoughtful and independent and volunteered to give him a helping hand in his work.