Browse content similar to 12/04/2016. Check below for episodes and series from the same categories and more!
Line | From | To | |
---|---|---|---|
Hi, I'm Ricky with a very special Newsround about China's | 0:00:04 | 0:00:06 | |
left behind children. | 0:00:06 | 0:00:09 | |
Imagine a country where it's normal for children grow up a long | 0:00:20 | 0:00:20 | |
way from their parents. | 0:00:24 | 0:00:25 | |
That's what's happening right now in China, where millions of children | 0:00:25 | 0:00:28 | |
live apart from their mums and dads. | 0:00:28 | 0:00:32 | |
On Newsround today we've got a special report on why it happens, | 0:00:32 | 0:00:35 | |
and we'll be meeting one boy to find out what it's like | 0:00:35 | 0:00:38 | |
to be one of these left behind children. | 0:00:38 | 0:00:40 | |
Take a look. | 0:00:40 | 0:00:42 | |
In China, not that long ago, most people lived in the countryside, | 0:00:49 | 0:00:54 | |
looking after their animals and growing their own food. | 0:00:54 | 0:01:01 | |
Life was hard. | 0:01:03 | 0:01:08 | |
And people were poor. | 0:01:08 | 0:01:13 | |
And then, everything started to change. | 0:01:13 | 0:01:17 | |
Factories sprang up to make things that people all over | 0:01:22 | 0:01:26 | |
the world wanted to buy. | 0:01:26 | 0:01:32 | |
And suddenly, millions of people were on the move from | 0:01:32 | 0:01:34 | |
the countryside to huge new cities. | 0:01:34 | 0:01:39 | |
Where they could get money by working in the factories. | 0:01:40 | 0:01:48 | |
But when the adults moved away, they were not allowed | 0:01:48 | 0:01:53 | |
to take their children with them. | 0:01:53 | 0:01:58 | |
Millions of them were left behind in the countryside. | 0:01:58 | 0:02:05 | |
They are now known as the left behind children. | 0:02:05 | 0:02:11 | |
This is the story of one of them. | 0:02:13 | 0:02:19 | |
My name is Tang Yuan and I am 11 years old. | 0:02:25 | 0:02:29 | |
I live here with my grandmother, my brother and two cousins. | 0:02:29 | 0:02:34 | |
My parents don't live here. | 0:02:34 | 0:02:38 | |
They work in another city called Chengdu. | 0:02:38 | 0:02:42 | |
They both work in factories making clothes. | 0:02:42 | 0:02:46 | |
My parents don't earn much, and they don't get to | 0:02:46 | 0:02:48 | |
spend much time with us. | 0:02:48 | 0:02:51 | |
But thanks to their hard work, we are not down and out. | 0:02:51 | 0:02:58 | |
When Mum and Dad come back to visit, I run to meet them. | 0:03:05 | 0:03:11 | |
I run a very long way, because I can't wait | 0:03:11 | 0:03:17 | |
to be close to them. | 0:03:18 | 0:03:21 | |
What I love most is to go fishing with them. | 0:03:21 | 0:03:25 | |
On my own, I can only catch one or two fish. | 0:03:25 | 0:03:32 | |
Three at most. | 0:03:32 | 0:03:33 | |
But when Mum and Dad are here, we catch lots of fish. | 0:03:33 | 0:03:39 | |
During Chinese New Year, Mum and Dad visit for longer. | 0:03:39 | 0:03:44 | |
We set off fireworks to celebrate. | 0:03:44 | 0:03:48 | |
They start off small with not much light, | 0:03:48 | 0:03:53 | |
but then they fly high into the sky and explode suddenly. | 0:03:53 | 0:04:00 | |
They are bright and colourful and very beautiful. | 0:04:00 | 0:04:10 | |
It's not easy for Mum and Dad to come back to visit us. | 0:04:10 | 0:04:15 | |
They can only stay for a few days before they have to leave again. | 0:04:21 | 0:04:27 | |
I wish they could take me with them. | 0:04:27 | 0:04:32 | |
I don't want to be separated from them. | 0:04:32 | 0:04:35 | |
I know it's hard for Mum and Dad to earn money. | 0:04:35 | 0:04:40 | |
I don't want to cause trouble for them, but I miss them so much. | 0:04:40 | 0:04:43 | |
It's very painful, but I can't do anything about it because I don't | 0:04:43 | 0:04:47 | |
want to bother them. | 0:04:47 | 0:04:50 | |
If I call them, I will disturb them. | 0:04:50 | 0:04:56 | |
I can't do anything but wait. | 0:04:56 | 0:04:57 | |
I really want them to come back. | 0:04:57 | 0:05:03 | |
When I grow up, I want to leave here. | 0:05:03 | 0:05:08 | |
This is my home, I want to do something big. | 0:05:08 | 0:05:12 | |
I'd like to be a boss, run a factory. | 0:05:12 | 0:05:15 | |
And I'll take my kids to my workplace so we can stay together. | 0:05:15 | 0:05:20 | |
And if you want to find out more about life in China or get the rest | 0:05:21 | 0:05:24 | |
of the day's news, go to our website. | 0:05:24 | 0:05:29 | |
You can find out what the first thing | 0:05:29 | 0:05:32 | |
singer Kevin Simm did after winning The Voice. | 0:05:32 | 0:05:34 | |
And what Leicester City need to do to claim the Premier League title. | 0:05:34 | 0:05:38 | |
Just time to show you some incredible pictures of skateboarders | 0:05:38 | 0:05:40 | |
taking over a water park in Dubai. | 0:05:40 | 0:05:43 | |
The rides were shut down for maintenance so the boarders | 0:05:43 | 0:05:46 | |
could skate down the slides without getting wet. | 0:05:46 | 0:05:49 | |
As you can see the three riders took the opportunity to pull some pretty | 0:05:49 | 0:05:52 | |
cool tricks and jumps. | 0:05:52 | 0:05:54 | |
That's all from me, Newsround's back at 4.20pm this afternoon. | 0:05:54 | 0:05:56 | |
Bye for now! | 0:05:56 | 0:05:58 |