Charity market calls for support

GUANGZHOU: Peng Huimei, who is paralyzed, went with her husband to a charity shopping market on Monday, but the rice and edible oil they needed were out of stock.

"Staff told us that we would have to wait for almost a month to get rice because of the growing demand among people like us," Peng said.

Indeed, the Yuancun Street Charity Market, which Peng visited on Monday, has experienced shortfalls of rice and edible oil for almost two months, the market's director, Xian Rongwang, said.