Beggar goes to great lengths to appeal to grocery shoppers in Qingping Market.

Since the closing of numerous state enterprises and the "Iron Rice Bowl" social safety net, a large "floating" population of unemployed and underemployed has developed in China. Many are from the country's poorer interior provinces, drawn to the more affluent coastal cities for better employment prospects.

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