Chinese kids fight with each others at an assistance center February 24, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. The kids, ranging in age from 7 to 16, are temporary residents of the center, one of the institutions established by China's departments of civil affairs to help and administer beggars, vagrants and juvenile delinquents, after rescission of China's compulsory detainment and relocation system. Most of the kids are street children commited for the crimes of stealing and robbing but they're too young to be sentenced. The center will escort the children back to their own home after a period of correctional education. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A kid watches TV at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Graffiti is seen on a bed at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A kid looks out at the assistance center as the center prepares to escort him to his home February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A homeless man arrives at an assistance center February 24, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Chinese kids square up to each other during a fight at an assistance center February 24, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Chinese kids play with each others at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





The head of a boy bleeds after he was attacked by another boy with a scoop at an assistance center February 24, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





The head of a boy bleeds after he was attacked by another boy with a scoop at an assistance center February 24, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A Chinese kid moves to beat a security guard at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A Chinese boy lies on his bed after he was attacked by another boy with a scoop at an assistance center February 24, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A Chinese boy faints after refusing to eat at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Kids look after the wounds of another boy after a fight at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A doctor checks a boy who fainted after refusing to eat at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Chinese kids play with each others at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A Chinese boy (C) faints after refusing to eat at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A Chinese kid steals cigarettes from another boy at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A Chinese boy (C) faints after refusing to eat at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Chinese kids teach each other the skills of stealling at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A Chinese boy (C) receives treatment after fainting after refusing to eat at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A security guard frisks boys after one kid's money was stolen at an assistance center February 24, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Maimaiti Aili (R), a 13-year old boy from China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, smokes at an assistance center February 24, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A security guard frisks boys after one kid's money was stolen at an assistance center February 24, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A security guard frisks boys after one kid's money was stolen at an assistance center February 24, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A kid displays his six-finger hand at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Maimaiti Aili, a 13-year old boy from China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, is seen at an assistance center February 24, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A kid from Sichuan provice smokes at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A boy helps to frisk others after one kid's money was stolen at an assistance center February 24, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A kid from Sichuan provice smokes a cigarette at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Chinese kids play at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Chinese kids play at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Maimaiti Aili, a 13-year old boy from China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, holds his head after being hit at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A newcomer (C) is frisked by a security guard at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Chinese kids play at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A kid from Sichuan provice looks at his reflection in a door at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A kid looks himself in a door at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A kid stands in his dormitory at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A kid looks at his reflection while combing his hair at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A kid stands on his bed at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Chinese kids share a cigarette at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Chinese kids wait for their lunch outside an eatery at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A kid enjoys a cigarette at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A kid eats his lunch at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A disabled beggar looks outside from his dormitory at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Chinese kids wait to see a doctor outside an infirmary at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A kid skips on his bed at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Chinese kids hang out at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Chinese kids swap money with a beggar (L) under the monitor of a security guard at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Chinese kids gets up in the morning at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Chinese kids play with a security guard at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Chinese kids gets up in the morning at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A Chinese kid changes the channel on a TV at an assistance center February 24, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A boy sits in his dormitory after he was attacked by another boy with a scoop at an assistance center February 24, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A kid works in the morning at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A kid looks into the infirmary through a window at an assistance center February 24, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A kid writes his diary at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Chinese kids play at an assistance center February 24, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Maimaiti Aili, a 13-year old boy from China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, sits in an assistance center February 24, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Chinese workers prepare the lunch for the kids at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





The shoeless feet of a Chinese kid are seen at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





A kid waits for his father to bail him out at an assistance center February 23, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Maimaiti Aili (R), a 13-year old boy from China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, smokes at an assistance center February 24, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. Aili was kidnapped and taken to Shenzhen by a gang leader and made to steal for him. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)





Maimaiti Aili, a 13-year old boy from China's Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, covers his face with his hands at an assistance center February 24, 2005 in Shenzhen, Guangdong Province, China. (Photo by Cancan Chu/Getty Images)