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B3U3 Social Problems Preparation: Words about social problems: Overpopulation, housing, water supply, transportation, littering, theft, robbery, murder, mugging, rape, pollution, smuggling, fake products, trafficking of children and women, bribery, corruption, graffiti, gambling, prostitution, domestic violence, layoffs, computer crime, piracy, juvenile delinquency, high divorce rate, unemployment, racial discrimination, drug abuse, generation gap, crime, violence, drunk driving, single-parent family, gun control, etc. More Efforts to Fight against Child Begging Taikang County, in Central China‘s Henan Province, is famous for its acrobatic performance. 12-year-old Wang Wenchao used to be a street performer at an acrobatic troupe （杂技团）. One year ago, a young man named Li Hongling kidnapped Wang and forced him to beg. “Li Hongling beat me four times every day to force me perform on the street.”Until half a year later, Wang Wenchao, who was beaten black and blue（遍体鳞伤的）, was found by his parents on the street. A calculation done by the National Working Committee on Children and Women （国务院妇女儿童工作委员会）indicates that China has approximately 1 to 1.5 million homeless children. Zhang Baoyan, founder of Baby Home （宝贝家庭亲子网）, a website aimed at helping lost children reunite with their parents, told CRI that a large number of homeless children are begging. Most are from China’s poverty-stricken areas. They‘re forced to beg to make money. “Child beggars are mainly from Henan, Guizhou and Gansu provinces. Some are kidnapped or bought by traffickers.（干非法勾当的人） Some are rented by child beggar organizers from their parents. It has become a business. China has been helping beggars out of dire （可怕的） situations. In 2003, the central government implemented the Management of Street Beggars in Cities plan, with stations that provide food and shelter for the homeless in major cities. Earlier this year, Yu Jianrong, a professor with the Chinese Academy of Social Science