Extreme poverty in China: A family portrait of the “Ice Boy”
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- Опубліковано 15 лют 2018
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An SCMP reporter went to visit the famous “Ice Boy” in a mountain village in Yunnan province China. They talked to the child and his father to try and understand the tough situation they are facing.
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That poor father. He has hope in his eyes but I can see the pain too.
the father ks kinda cute tho
@@pandapatpat8229 I know right! Lol
human can't stay unhappy without having food we live to be happyyy
yeah i can see that the father are shame of himself for not affording better life his family
...ooooo child things are gonna get easier
"I remember she liked to beat me" this kid barely has anything to say about what her mom did for him except how she liked beating him up and then she leaves the family her very own husband and kids to struggle and survive all alone? What a shameful mother she doesn't deserve that name.
It is very easy to blame women we didn't know the whole story
Naomi umber, as I said there are two sides of every coin, we shouldn't judge with out knowing the whole story. And yes she shouldn't have taken out her frustrations on her children
@@laracroft9087 Abandoning your family after beating your own kid
And you still try to defend her
Shameful
lara croft She left the children. That’s all we need to know to judge her.
lara croft she's not there, that's what matters
It speaks volumes of this family to keep the cat around, being another mouth to feed. Wishing them the best
That cat probably survives on what it can catch.
@@Thaery i hope she is alive and living a happy live. I am worried for this voiceless soul. She was not in the updates videos.
@@Thaery... I'm so sad for the cat too. I hope it can go outside at least to get water.
The cat protects their grain.
That cat is there to protect what little food they have. Same with the chicken, kills the critters that want their taters
Even inside the home is so cold you can still see his breath, this makes me feel guilty for everything I take for granted
That's exactly how we should feel and do what we can to create solutions. As to what those solutions are, I have no idea. Any thoughts?
@@darthyoda7657 I don't know either. I think it would take a complete moral overhead of every government leader in this world, so that they would consider theses situations. I don't believe that welfare was ever meant to be a career opportunity as it has become in America, but ppl like this little boy and his poor little grandma, his sis and his dad , are the ones who truly need it , unfortunately, some of these countries who make billions and spend billions on the most unnecessary things , will usually put thier citizens at the bottom of any list.
@@for-real-countrygirl4192 well stated. There are people who have so little who achieve so much. Perhaps we just need to start with oursevles and move towards a life of minimalism. I once heard a person say "The more we know the less we need."
Seeing breath is not cild my housematrs demand heating on its normsl codensation in houses ffs
@@darthyoda7657 no. Feeling of guilt or shame for things you have worked for is not something you should feel. You need to feel grateful, take pride in your hard work so you can have food and roof above your head. Never feel guilty or feel shame for being able to get food and sleep in clean warm bed. The only one who should feel shame is CCP that made this mess in the first place starting from Mao Zhedong.
This kid is the only person who can truly tell his children he walked miles to get to school.
No, a lot of people in the world who live in poverty do the same. I watched documentaries where they have to treck muddy mountains and cross rivers without a bridge because the bridge was left on disrepair for many years. The children always suffer the most in these kinds of living conditions.
@@jacobsummers3441 fair enough
I used to walk 5 km every day to go to school , that's a 20 minutes walk , but that kid shouldn't have to endure cold without proper clothes
Jacob Summers since the (actually fairly true) stereotype comes from African immigrants who claimed to their children, correctly, that they had to walk miles to get to school, it’s actually very common.
@@billysinge8977 yeah, my mothers chinese and they lived in the country back in the 70s they also had an hour long walk to school everyday
I see people getting $500 donations for playing video games, this boy deserves a better life.
I know right? I love Markiplier but I plan to donate to causes such as this. While I'm sitting behind a dining table typing away at my new phone, I literally sit here and wonder, this boy has almost nothing. Well, giving away my stuff will be a start. I don't need anything else in life other than to help others like him. That's also one of the main reasons why I'm trying to become a Cardiologist not for money, but to make a difference.
@@davidjo1547 Wow, you are so sweet!
Right!!!
@Depressed Squid ..
Ikr!
It breaks my heart that all he remembers about his mom is that she would beat him and in the end he just still wanted her to come back. He doesn’t know it now but her leaving was probably the e best thing for them. Feel for the dad.
Ohh ..wasn't aware of that ...still watching ..
His dad needs to not be such a simp for her
Don't talk like you know the whole story
@@ceejayjohnson7583 But its the truth. You dont know the whole story. We do not know what led him to those circumstances or his relationship with his mother
@@user-qb3gm4pu2m Why do people always give the benefit of the doubt and jump in to defend when the bad person is a woman?
The mom was beating him, she left them but kid still want her back, it’s heartbreaking 💔
The men or the women beat who?
The mum beating the dad?
Or dad beating the mum?
@@TheDarkkus the mum was beating the boy, but the boy still wanted his mother back.
@@jamesandrews4217 It's like people dont even watch the video before they decide to comment :|
In China, children are taught in such an atmosphere that they will be beaten if they don't do what adults ask. I was beaten a lot as a kid. Adults thought it was right to spank children, even to this day. Her family is poor, not enough to eat, will affect the mother's mood, children are more likely to be beaten. Because you grew up in a civilized country, it's hard to imagine. We always hoped that someone would save us, but when we grew up, we realized that the only way we could get out of that country was on our own.
the fact that an 8 year old is saying that his mother that left them in a freezing shack and LIKED to beat him is sickening. Truly horrible.
Either way, beating is unacceptable.
Umbrella Corporation why?
Umbrella Corporation
I got anxiety, was afraid of being in the house with my mother alone for years when I was three.
I didn’t love her, I feared her.
If I could turn back time to when she was a child to set an example of how to mentally discipline a child I would.
Maybe beating is okay with some extreme circumstances but NEVER with a child.
Umbrella Corporation and that’s your own experience as well. just because you turned out fine doesn’t mean it’s okay to beat children.
@Umbrella Corporation no child deserves to be beat and I'm sorry you had to go through that and were brought up to think that it's acceptable
"We've got money for war, but can't feed the poor."
keep ya head up 💔
Yea they tax the people so they can build a new sports stadium..that i have no intrest in. They keep people on prison with access to Tv and those on Death Row for years and make them pay taxes for it. Whats wrong in this picture?? When i go to the food bank i get a few rotten vegs/fruit and expired can goods worth 4 days - to 1 week..supposed to last 1 month?! Pathetic..
Id rather them donate it to the very poor and hungry. Not us spoiled.
Most of the american hungry are so over weight (fat) they claim kids and then the parents eat it all. Another pathetic.
Coz the war brings money.....as simple as that
Bakti Halim Really? But I’ve only seen countries losing money because wars are so expensive. In fact Germany had to surrender WW1 because they lacked resources, and had to pay back 33 billion as reparation to cover all the damage they caused
So true
How could a mother leave these beautiful people. Its so sad.
A poor place not only lack of money, but also lack of other stuffs
It hardens the heart. Poverty maybe praised but from a distance.
When he's grown up he is allowed to say,"When I was your age, I climbed mountains to school" to his kids.
I understand extreme poverty can make you desperate, but the mother leaving her children is so heartbreaking
Ashley Miranda That's so sad😢
Arong imchen lies.
Arong imchen not all women are like that
right? she shouldve taken them with her...
Ashley Miranda Two word's
Gold
Digger
I have a feeling that a lot of the donations didn't make it to them.
Donations don't do much just like for many of the homeless. What he needs is a better job, and one that doesn't pay for pennies. His location is part of the problem too, but he can't afford to work anywhere unless they give him a place to sleep too, and even if he were to look for work in a different area it would mean his family would go without food. He's stuck.
@@airicaxoxo I feel they will do fine, I feel that kid will do very well in life.
@@chicawhappa I do hope so, but it will be hard for him without a degree of some kind. I know for sure he will have to work much harder than those that are more fortunate than him. I really wish him the best, and many of those that are struggling in this world to make ends meet.
They have a new home now and the mother came back
@@memma666 I'm glad they have a new home. I saw the video, I just haven't gotten around to it. I'm really hoping the mother isn't there because they got a new home or that she didn't have any other choice. I really wish the best for them. Thank you btw for letting me know.
How heartbreaking. I feel guilty complaining about my life. I hope he grows up to be very successful and lift his family out of poverty. 😪
Successful AND a Man of integrity too
All wealth is built on poverty. Meaning everyone who accrues wealth does so on exploiting someone else and keeping them in poverty. If labor was as valuable as control, there would be no billionaires. No, I hope he grows up to pay no mind to capital and is 100% self-sufficient.
Mom left and dad stayed. God bless this man. A true father and good person.
Dont they have clothing donations in China? I live in Canada and the clothing donation bins are always full. How can the country where everything is made for the world not provide at least winter coats and a toque for the kids?
Almost every industry in china is foreign because it is cheap to establish one in there. If they don't want to pay the normal rate in their country, then they won't even consider to donate their stuff either. Sad reality
True
loonie moonie At least a billion people in the world live in conditions like that. There are much poorer countries than china and donations never fundamentally solve the problems. Although opening up factories in less developed regions is actually a much better solutions than donations. Without those factories china would have been one of the poorest in the world. Things did improve a lot tho. So nothing wrong with opening up factories in china
I came from one of these villages, poverty in China is out of your imagination, it’s kind of similar to poverty in Africa. You don’t even have a decent toilet, bathroom is a big hole, you have to grab buckets and go for water and go to the hills for wood to cook your meal. In my village there was only one little grocery, it was the side of a small room. No streets, nothing just mud, dust and houses. When is was dark you can’t even go outside because there weren’t any lighting, it was pitch dark. I remember the last time I went back to visite my granny, in the night I try to go to the bathroom and I couldn’t see a thing. China is still a third world country regardless of what they show you in TV, 90% of the Chinese people don’t have insurance or even a retirement plan. Donations ? There are even cities which doesn’t even know the meaning of that word since they never seen or had one of that kind of institutions. I lived in so many different countries around the world and I have seen many different sceneries of poverty in those places like in South America, the poor side of the country have at least some groceries shops or restaurants but in China, you have to call a car to take you to the closes town around 1 hour to eat in a restaurant since your village doesn’t have anything more that fields of rice, Houses and trees. And there was a school for 4 different villages, The kids had the walk around a hour around field of rices and bridges to go to classes...
Even if there is a clothes donation the greedy ones are just gonna take them and resell it
The kids cheeks are red because of cold 😭😭😭😭 i wish i could give him a warm scarf and hat
Having red cheeks =/= being cold
You wish
Not necessarily some Asians naturally have red cheeks
@@asteraceae3650 they are VERY red
i would give him my whole closet tbh
As someone who has a 2 minute walk to my school, I can't imagine how painful and tiring it must be to walk to school for hours
It's insane 😱
This breaks my heart. He eats two meals a day and lives on rice and potatoes, and walks a total of 9km a day to and from school. I want to hug him and his family. Then there’s North Americans who live way out of their means and live a life of abundance, when there’s kids out there who just want to eat a warm meal and have warm clothes to wear. This is eye opening.
Capitalism needs a global underclass to be exploited. Which is why Asia and Africa are in the state they are.
Its all part of Darwins theory. Not everything (or everyone) can survive. Its all part of natural selection.
If there was direct access to them ..I am sure everyday even one of us ordered or shipped some food to them directly they would be soo happy and would be all ok
@@alienvomitsex While the CCP spends billions of yuan on missile projects and destroys coral islands to make airfields and ports.
@@alienvomitsex you're a fool for holding such a view of the world. Poverty has always been a part of human history, and even in the richest of countries a failed harvest was all it took for the whole country to starve. What gave us the immense wealth you see today was capitalism and whatever poverty remaining is because of a lack of capitalism and free trade, not the other way around.
"I remember she liked to beat me" and this child still wishes for his mom to be back home soon... How heartbreaking can this be...
He wants his mom back for his fathers sake. He said.. he want his mom don't let his father looking for her. I thought his father is lovesick with his mother. Even though the boy hates her for beating and abandoned them, he still hopes she will comeback for his father.
@@enyindriyanti Then I hope the father recovers from this and focuses more on his child. It's really sad. Such a little boy thinking so much for his father...
Kids are like puppies no matter how parents treat them. They always come back for 💘. Please love your children everybody
@@lovelee8772 kids are weak
They get treated like toys
@@halalacapellas7977 your are the worst human if this is not a joke
I wish no one ever suffer poverty so hard
Thành Hồ siikee
Thành Hồ That’s just a wish. What’s that gonna do?
just as dumb as "thoughts and prayers"
Nethir Osman go and fuck yourself
Thành Hồ yep, everybody is cruel in this world
I’m from Australia 🇦🇺 and I would love many of the kids over here to be in the same situation as this little boy just for 24 hours than hopefully they can appreciate everything they have! I really hate it when everyone wants everything and never think of the poor poverty was never a choice!!This poor little boy it’s so sad 😭 I pray he will be a success!
True we live in paradise i fear millions of poor Chinese will suffer in the coming crisis
There is enough wealth now in China still the same story the elites live like kings
The poor struggle just to live.
This boy needs a faithful dog and a sled in this tough situation. I hope more than life comes for him in aid. Such a strong soul carrying a huge weight of acceptance.
The dog will die, there isnt shelter for dog and no meat.
What a hero...He'll become a successful man one day, he will.
Really hope so, but that's too naive
he droped out of school too early, right now he wants that his children will at least have a an education (and who knows how much education is that)
what a waste, gone backward one full generation, sad.
Joyce it's impossible for poor who drop education early become a rich in china,most of low level education people can only got salary for 1.5 dollars per hours and work for 12 hours a day, they are in desperate life tho
李盛超 it's not the matter if being rich.......if he has the power to fight (not physically), then he'll surely succeed. Money doesn't matter
It’s kinda naive to say that but once you’re stuck in that class you don’t get out
“I remember she used to beat me” and the dad wants her to come home for the CHILDREN’S sake??? I am heartbroken for these children...
Goodfight Broman I actually feel sorry for you. I am sorry your parents beat you.
Asian parenting 100
@Goodfight Broman There is a difference between a spanking and beating..... If your parents spanked you, you needed discipline. If your parents beat you, they needed help. No child should be beaten, that's abuse...
Khaleesi So true.
My mom used to be beat me oftenly because i was very naughty boy😁 i use to make problems daily in school and at home. I am grateful that she beat me because of that i got disciplined and have control on myself. Don't think it's like an assaulting or they beat with rage, parents beat kids just keep them in track for society.
I just realized that whatever that this kid dreams to have someday is something I had ever since I was born...
This broke my heart , knowing we have so much store up in our homes and someone can't afford simple clothing.
10 years from now I want to hear this kid became successful and saved his entire family including his village from poverty. Ice Boy you are an inspiration 💪
👌❤️
Amen!! It’s possible🙌✨✨✨✨
Dont forget alot of people from those village, cant tune their brain and adapt to different situation.
When I watch videos like this I realized how amazing my life is and how horrible of a person I am for wanting anything more than what I have.
Same. I just feel like a ingrateful shite after these vids.
As a stranger, I am proud of you for your humbleness. Good on you
Stay humble my friend. I think we all take our lives for granted thinking we don't have enough or make enough. Although it is hard.. we have to think of other counties that make 1000 or less a year.
Bless his family and his heart. Where can I donate?
life isn’t fair, never will be. Just be grateful for the life you have
Dulce Gutierrez - When I watch videos like this I realized how frustrating my life is. I have to wait at least 20 minutes for my personal assistant to get me coffee or my lunch. I don't know if I can keep on living like this
This child deserves better, very sad to see.
I’m glad he’s getting some help from the attention.
How does he deserve better? This is his life. This is his struggle. We all have struggles.
@@Scott-got-caught ya ofcourse mate..u would understand if u had to starve atleast once in life
@@wolfigans8376 I have my own unique struggles. We all do, and so everyone deserves better, dont we? That's not how life works...you deal with the hand that life deals you. Just because he has 3rd world problems doesnt make my 1st world problems any less unfortunate. Look around you. Everyone has a struggle. Sorry if mines is not unfortunate enough to merit your sympathy.
@@Scott-got-caught so you compare your fist world problems with not having any money for meeting basic human needs? I dont think u would ever understand how different these situations are since u were bought up to think like that
I hv seen another clip just now where he is hot new home n his mother is back
this is so heartbreaking.. little boy, how are you and your family doing today? I hope you won't hate life even if it gives you painful and hard things..believe T.T
Yes.
I really hope his family is doing better now, relocated to some place better, with the cat. Hope hes not forgotten.
@@chrisgooi update in the disscription
The strength of that father for not giving up is motivating.
both my parents left me when i was young and i was left w my grandma , i’m now 19 and attend community college. i live in a single bedroom apartment with her and work hard to pay for her medicine but even then i realize how much better my life is compared to this boy’s life.
Wow. Hard. What do u think of your parents today
@@ryrosflammare1172 my dad is a drug addict that lurks in the streets of hanoi vietnam. i absolutely despise and hate him. my mom on the other hand is an english teacher in japan, she is trying to get her life back on track but only sees me and my gma as a burden right now. my plan is to patch things up with her once i’m done with college and i make stable money.
@@ShadowWind812PlaysMC what a horrible mom but you are very strong ı hope you always stay like this
With my love to you and your gma
@@Aysenur-ki7rq thank you
Same but they didn't left me they kick me out of the house my mom can't do anything my step dad is abusive he only cares about his son
They kicked out of the in next 5 days of my birthday of 18 I lived with my friends for sometime find Jobs and I live in a studio house now with one roomate
I am studying law and going to graduate so yeah I am happy
I can see he’ll grow up as a strong-willed and a determined man due to his tough childhood.
bukuku assuming he doesn't get sick and die because they can't afford medicine
But if he live through this then he will be stronger maybe not physically but at least mentally of living life poorer then most
BlueStar Gaming or maybe his mental health will be damaged and it will be nothing left than a depressed and sick person not being able to deal with all of it
@bukuku You make the whole situation sound like a good thing. What if he ends up just like his dad? I am sure his dad had an equally tough childhood. How well did that serve him later in life?
As the saying goes... “tough times create strong men and easy times creates weak men”
Caley O'Connor first world philosophy
This little child is so beautiful
In Asia, I have seen children are so dedicated to studies even if they are poor but in the US they are so spoilt and thankless for all the comforts. They are just smart in playing video games but not understanding the reality of life. Children waste so much food in schools in the US. And government schools also waste food
Actually many Americans not only waste time and food ,also waste their life using drugs 👎👎 streets in usa are full of drug addiction
@@EE-hu6bj Big Pharma and the CIA could be blamed for that
His eyes are so beautiful.
I thought I was the only one who thought that too, the father and the son have the same eyes
yes! he’s gonna be handsome when he grows older. i can tell this is a beautiful wise family, but i don’t like seeing how they can’t even afford to groom themselves or get warm clothes, food, etc. that’d awful. i wish i can help :(
A sad, strong man and it's obvious his son inherited his strength!
Every time it is published that there is extreme poverty such as this film/video shows,
South China Morning Post ua-cam.com/video/7IQH2HIVspg/v-deo.html Extreme poverty in China
there are millions of people on our planet who first thoughts are, "If he were a real man he'd get a job",
millions who simply tell themselves, "He is just lazy or something is wrong with him, the Father"...
This is why it is so very critical that each and every time poverty is published we expose the underlying syndication of life and the criminal socialcast systems these countries have
practiced for hundreds of years and now export to north America, Europe and Russia and netherlands...
"This has nothing to do with religion nor color and not even cultural prejudice".
It is our own willingness to cover up our own terrorist lobby gangs who run our
governments under the guise of being elected.
Poverty is a well studied and certainly very well known about raping of our humanity and
until we can all agree to hold the "lords and land lords", of poverty manually responsible,
NO...! river will ever be clean again.
Even the genocide promoters & cash proud would have us support unspoken through
continuing to blame the human victims for their own suffering and the murder of our
planet's resources will only make the rivers run blood red and fix nothing as the inhuman
cast system merely starts up again the next generations. Tell the truth & Stop weaponizing our children with lies propaganda and arrogant privileged few not the sufferers of poverty in general....
God bless you guys, my heart knows your difficulties but I as well have been
kept poor dew to speaking out the ways I do and many others in North America.
People...
"Stop telling your selves you'll help once the threat of debit is personally conquered: !
We all know this would never be allowed to happen....
You may after great struggle or obscene luck gather wealth but not
without equal or greater debit to swallow first"...
Wake Up!!
YVO
@@YVO007 lmao they're stupid. He does work a real job as a construction worker.
That was about the biggest bullshit rant I have read on the internet. You are clueless.
Even the harshest of the hearts would melt😢
Cannot even imagine. I pray and manifest their life turns around 180. They deserve to have relief.
Never complaining that’s it’s cold ever again....
You will....just wait...
@Pod
Wow... Aren't you a little charming champion, who "lolz" a lot? Prick.
Sure....
Word
it’s just brilliant how he doesn’t complain about life
Real stoic.
@MrBeast
Complain is belong to American people
@@gdschady2735 that's racist
@@LM10GOAT84 I see u
He deserves all the success of this world ❤️❤️❤️
Look at how red his cheek is he must be so cold 😔
One day this kid will be very successful, my prayers to him and his family
But his measure of success may differ from yours so are you saying this from a western point of view. What is the measure of success??? Healthy life healthy family and inner peace could be classed as successful
Let just widh that this kid could afford food shelter and clothes for him and his family
That's all i want
Ameen
Yes
Yes
The saddest is that sometimes we are aware of their existences but what we can do is so little to even touch on the root causes
Not only that, but also the fact that people in China (most of them) would look down on these people stating they are dirty and worthless....
N0616JC Productions discrimination exists everywhere all over the world,not only in china. And in fact,after this news being exposed, so much attention have been attracted ,but they just focused and even over focused on this boy.the truth is that there are thousands of similar cases
Human born selfish, just look at our culture today even when we got food and money. We just want more and also being ugly when people get in our way even though we knew that we already have everything still fight for it. Sad for humanity
then where those donation coming from? I have been live in North America for quite a long time, Chinese are more compassionate, less aggressive and the discrimination is barely non-excistence compare to America.
Chivalry Chen Chose wisely those you give power. This is the biggest mistake of humanity. Nobody chose well who they give power.
I hope this family becomes wealthier than any of them could've ever dreamed of because they deserve to live like kings the rest of their life's I wish them well
Having several kids in this conditions to then abandon them... Some people should not be allowed to have children, might sound rough, but the world would be a better place.
Often people don't realize how much work it takes until you actually have them... Not to mention the physical/mental/emotional toll you go through, especially the mothers, there's not enough information in this video to be so judgemental.
That boy and his sister I'm sure are happy to be alive, to have a chance at happiness. Not everyone's life is easy, doesn't mean they shouldn't exist, it's not the kids fault.
I doubt the mother chose to have children. Very likely once she was old enough to marry, her parents married her off because they couldn't afford to feed her. She may not have had an education, certainly not much of one. It is a man's duty to have a son to pass on the family name, but their first child was a girl. That's why they had two. We don't even know if their daughter goes to school since nothing was said about her.
She would have had to tend the fields with her mother in law while her husband looked for work in the city. Because of his lack of education, I'm also going to guess he is not especially clever, he could not find a decent job and sent a small amount of money for them to live off of.
So she left to work in a city somewhere. She could not take the children because they can only go to school in their hometown. She would barely be able to afford taking care of herself working extremely long hours. She may not even have money to send home to them. She would have better luck trying to save some money and marrying someone else.
Would it have been better if she had committed suicide? At least if she is alive there is a chance for her to reconnect with them. It's not like her life has ever been easy. Have some sympathy for her. She is finally taking her fate into her own hands.
Abusing your kid & abandoning them... I understand not wanting to live in poverty but this person doesn’t seem to care or show any conscience or responsibility.
Redcatrobe is
Isn't abuse just normal in Chinese families? Her leaving is what shocks me most
500th like.
@Slim eephr No, I didn't get it from western media. I got it from my family and friends' families... we're all Chinese.
It's ok to slap at the back and punish with a cane stick. Nowadays kid lost respect for elders because they don't experience those.
Well, this makes my problems look a lot smaller.
I know, same here...now...my life is alright!
I feel sick I ever complained
Yep
YAAAA
If this ice boy goes to Congo, he might think his problem is much smaller
That little boy is so sweet and grateful for what he has...I pray his life will change for the better.
Watching his late and it really breaks my heart 😞 seriously hope things do get better for the kiddos and for the family as a whole soonest .
The boy’s mandarin is excellent, he is not uneducated in any way! Best of luck to his family, I wish them good luck in saving up money
No duh. He's Chinese.
@@beefncheesearchives8650 They still need to learn. If you were a kid weren't you taught english? Did you somehow learn english properly without education? (parents count)
DejaVuu mandarin is a Chinese language
Some of yall r really uneducated. China has a lot of ethnic groups and they usually tend to have their languages, as well as there is a lot of different regions with really different dialects, so it's not always that obvious that people (especially those who come from really poor families) can speak standard Mandarin perfectly, without any clear accent even if Mandarin is the language used in schools, offices etc. in China.
@@beefncheesearchives8650 Mandarin is an official chinese language, but there are countless dialects in China.
And there are people who complains about them not having the new iPhone X. Smh
Literally noeone does
People complain about not having the iPhone X all the time, where do you live that people don't complain about that?
Smh and the iphone x isn’t even that good
So people need to live badly like this poor boy
yeah i switched to galaxy and have a lot more features
“This used to be farm land but the government turned it into woods”
Opposite could be said about other countries lol…
When I question my living situation. These videos prove how blessed my life is.
And we are living in 21st century exploring mars and other planets and the sad reality people don't have basic necessities...feeling deeply sad for this child
Go back to gulag
NASA shouldn’t even be putting billions of dollars INTO space in the first place. We still haven’t even sorted things out, here. On earth. We still have world hunger, people who don’t have clean water, kids, and people like Wang’s family. Who are struggling to live, and live off potatoes. And other things that can easily be grown in the field.
NASA is the biggest fraud of all time
Yea they might be smart on planet stuff but they aren't smart on how to help children or people
Like we don't need to worry about f***ing Mars we need to worry about are earth first and then go worry about Mars
Agree totally
I feel so sorry for him I can’t imagine the pain the father feels seeing his children suffer regardless of how much he works. I wish I knew where to donate
you can't really. Any money you would give would be confiscated by the Chinese government.
Yep, the man himself just said that the donations didn't make that much of a difference in the video itself, unfortunately.
Sara Anees: You have a very kind heart. Many Chinese people and the giant IT companies have offered to help. And I heard there is a new Chinese program to help under-previledged people develop skills instead of giving them money. Some people may prefer to be poor in order to milk the system (if there's always donations), although it's sad.
Wow... Looks like they are really Milking the System... Such a life... Stop lying silent watcher. you bring Shame to your family because the world can see that you are lying.
I am very sorry, the Chinese government will not confiscate the donations. A Chinese reply
It's been 3 years since this video was published, I'd love to see an update on the situation of that boy and his family. I wanna hope his life is better now 🤍
Dave I have seen another clip. U can find it * litterwang or ice boy gets a newjome*. His mother is also back.
Now they r herding goats. Kids have an American family as friends with the help of post. They want to help them with schooling ( internet and computer) and also visit them.so relieving.
The way the mics are set up so that you can hear each sniffle and grunt adds so much to this, it's very well done
Its not a cinema clip ya dope its freezing they're not well covered & they're hungry... very well done lol tf
There is enough money in the world for nukes,fighter jets, tanks & missiles...... but not enough money to educate the poor,give them employment or the basic amenities..........
Varun Yadav this world is soooo unfair.
Varun Yadav shut up liberal
@Peichen Fang Superpower lol, I never heard that PRC has declared itself a superpower. Other than that, being an Chinese, you should know how corrupted local official could be.
That’s not deep
Zenro GG i was not talking about china. This poor boy’s story is of millions of people around the world
Such a powerful shot of the grandmother's hands at 2:24. So much context, story, emotion from just seeing her hands.
My hands are that worn
Hearing his dad speak about his wife leaving and remaining strong for his family definitely moved . I this video was 4 yrs ago but I hope his family is doing better as well as the others in that village
How absolutely heartbreaking 💔😢
Tough little man!!!! He is going to grow up into an unstoppable force. God bless him.
Joe Garagozzo I hope so... it's just that he's cold, like even sleeping in cold. I'm afraid that will he make it with only few potatoes per day and always cold..
Amen to that dude
Thats horrible no child should have to walk in extreme cold weathers
ASIAN are tough..dont expect them to be soft.
Well it's Asia 🤷
@@selectwalter4021 still a child
Shayla Kiser So true. Anyone, even adults could be frozen to death. That’s a dangerous condition to put kids through.
@@selectwalter4021 EXCUSE you not all asian are tough but its kinda true since when my mother used to live in Cambodia before war. Since Cambodia is like a tropical wether its boiling hot. Everyday she would walk to school through mud and hot or cold wether not with a jacket. Sooo yeah by the way this is all true.
My parents lived like this during the 70s. Tough times😔
Blessed this dad and his family. Please☹️
Burst into tears when I saw he played with fire and looks happy😭😭😭😭😭😭😭 Idk why
I think you have a good heart with important things that need to be said. But it is painful.
@@kirkjohnson9353 I think so. Thank u for understanding me❤
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I know!! Is there anything we could to help this family? I would gladly donate/fundraise. But I know in china and other parts of the world, there are families and children who are in the same conditions and worse....
I cried when i saw the dad about to cry when talking about his wife , wishing she'd go back. poverty really is sad.
This story makes me so thankful for ever thing I have. I wish nobody would have to go through anything like this.❤
R Picifica me too.
No one deserves this. But it’s the sad truth about reality...
be happy in what we have. Contentment is what it takes to achieve inner peace.
R Picifica being thankful for what YOU have helps nothing to this kid and his family, selfish bitch
Videos like this REALLY make you appreciate what you have
A pertinent reminder to be grateful for all of the things most people take for granted.
I come back and revisit this video every few months for a reality check, to remind myself how privileged I am in this world when there are families like this who struggle to live even the most basic of lives. Bless up 🙏🙏
BBC have a video called PagPag of Phillipines. Its something much more extream then this. I recommend you to watch it. I will never be the same person again as I used to be after I watch that video.
Makes you feel better that it wasn't you?
Philip Zuchetti makes you grateful* for the things you have
@@ethanium9280 I'm from the Philippines and now in the US. I will never ever forget where I came from. I remember being so hungry, banana leaf for an umbrella during typhoon to go to school, but i remember friends and neighbors have had it worst than I.
Ben ye at least bless the boy 😥😦
And he is still so happy. We have EVERYTHING in life and yet we never stop complaining. We could have been him but we have been blessed to live the life we are living. Absolute blessing. Never gonna complain about the 1 hour bus journey to school ever again
I wish this family lots of luck and hope ✌🏻
Bless this family ❤
At least he will honestly be able to tell his children "I used to walk for miles up a mountain in the snow to get to school"
The question is, can he even have kids?
Poor boy man
Bree S....I truly don't understand, after watching this video of deprivation and hunger and poverty, that you would make such an ignorant facetious comment. Please do explain the reason behind it. Robert.
@falchio....are you asking if he will have the opportunity in later years to find a wife and have children? Who knows? Otherwise, you are a stupid ignorant fuck. Robert.
No, I am not. I think got me wrong, I said that the kid is too poor, does any girl really wanna take him? Especially in China where girls really loves the idea of having an extremely rich husband. I see the kid as a very cute and is trying hard to change his life the way around. I do hope the kid the best. And don't get so easily butthurt of a sarcastic comment.
What a beautiful man. His wife will one day realize what she lost...
She won't. She probably has a new man and kids by now.
Yeah and the dude is still dreaming about that women.
@@kaz9242 .
@Nestor Jr. Abalos I mean I don't blame her but feel bad for the man.
@@kristyann9912 she's back.
My own father had to walk several miles to school. He considered himself lucky, since some of his classmates had to do it without shoes.
This woudve seriously won an Oscar in the best foreign film segment if it were made as an short film. The cinematography is so natural. Their interviews felt a little fabricated. Blessing to the boy and his family.
my dad lived exactly like this. Together with his 8 siblings. They had 1 Bed. He was born in 1958 in midst of europe. We should not forget how fast and far we've come and appreciate it...
Yes. My great-great grandfather was abandoned to fend for himself at 12 when his family arrived in America, survived by becoming a farm worker and he died a poor tenant farmer. My great grandmother, his daughter, married a man who owned a very small house and a few acres of land and she was so very proud of that... she felt rich!I remember them when I feel bad for myself.
This video better be using it's revenue to fund that boy's welfare. The only thing worse than his life is others using his life to generate wealth for themselves.
Amen
Yep and the finding page is a general site in China. No way the family is going to get the money.b
NONE of the money is going to them and idiots are donating to the channel that created the donation page. Instead if they really cared they would teach the father to open a bank account and allow us to donate directly to him
@@nanashiryuu5630 Exactly, who knows who its going to be, Probably directly to the Chinese government.
well, certainly you don't understand China. Whenever such case is mentioned in any mainstream media in China and attracted public attention, the local-level government would be receiving enormous pressure to solve the issue. The "donation" to this channel would do very little practical help, because to solve the situation, local area needs infrastructures like roads, electricity, schools and new policies accordingly.
This kid is blessed in some way most people dont understand
Blessed are the poor
May this beautiful family find warmth and light amongst the darkness and coldness. There is a way out. May we all find our exits of suffering and entrance to well-being. ❤️
4:00
“I remember she liked to beat me”
Protect this child now.
All asian parents do that-
@@haneyah917 mine don't
@@haneyah917 bruh generalisation much. Mine don’t
@@chicken5761 okay-?
@@micahbell2439alr?
And here I am complaining about my commute to work. It’s videos like these that challenge me to become a human being who complains less and appreciate what I have more. God Bless that family with health and prosperity
Why does God need a reminder from you to bless that family? Is he unaware? Or that he knows but doesn't give a damn?
Aqib Ejaz you obviously have a bitterness towards God that no explanation to your questions would change. So whichever the case is, me saying God bless that family is a way for me personally to hope better for them.
+rebecca molina There's nothing wrong in hoping for the better. Just that we don't put our hope in the hopeless.
*No. Your commute is just as bad as this. Your lower back is getting ruined. Your metabolism is drifting off. You have to breathe in CO in every day. You could be sleeping. You could be exercising. You could be spending time with your loved ones. Instead you're getting tickets as you so much as fumble with your phone. Without muscles moving around, you become easily irritated throughout your day at work. It takes its toll. When people are in pain... it doesn't matter what "level" of pain you're at. Or what level of "disadvantage". Sometimes it's good to be grateful and just remain passive. Other times, it's okay to be mad at unjust circumstances and take action. If all of America were like Shanghai or Tokyo or London with their bullet trains and underground, none of us would be obese and car-dependent. And yet here we are.*
Little Tangerine - Why do you feel the need to put your comment completely in bold? The rest of us are having a normal conversation, and you're the freak in the corner who is shouting for no reason.
I wanna hug their family right now
❤️❤️❤️🙏🙏🙏
This should humble many for the things that are taken for granted. Sending prayers to this precious family.
"Let my family eat well, dress well and sleep well." Such quiet earnestness in this beautiful child's voice....
May your simple wishes be fulfilled, sweet boy, and may your dreams find you.
A hero working for his family. Family is everything. His wife is a coward leaving her family in hard times. You try ur best for ur family and share good or bad with them. At least for me
Yeah. Fuck that chick.
This is an example how life seems so tough for others but they endure it with hope and strength they possess. And how others didn't' satisfied their happy family and love ones, by try more and at end they regrets it. Always remember when you live a happy life and family don't ruined it. There is one in trillion chances we can miss that happiness. people have different characters and ways of live
This kids truly shows us what is tough life is about ...
I feel so bad for complaining when I’m so lucky to even be living in a first world country. Everyone please be thankful for your blessings!
LittleMissyFit China is a 1st world country
But China is 1st world...
Sorry but you couldn't afford a 1 bedroom in Shanghai
LittleMissyFit china is first world dumbfuck..and there are numerous homeless living in first world countries...stop showing shit off
China is 2nd world and not 1st world
"Let my family eat well, dress well and sleep well.'' Now that's an admirable wish.
Seems we all strive to have that luxury.. ❤️
And people in my country lick the feet of billionaires :( a single paycheck of mine could give these people such respite. Imagine what Jeff bezos could do for these people with a simple flick of the wrist. Kind of makes it evil that they don’t. Great power great responsibility
I think he said dress well before eat well.
Please help this family 😢
There are no words for this.
This mans walking to school in freezing weather and I’m over here complaining that it’s a little cold in the morning while I ride the bus, makes me think how many basic necessities
I take for granted.
*hugs*
couldn't have said it more myself. Makes me want to puke how so many people liked this shit. 279 majority have no idea what to do except pretend like they are making a difference
Diamante Dea hugs doesn’t help
Diamante Dea Hah! Im the 666th like lol
Hugs aren't enough, you fuck. If you care that much, then you're better off not caring at all.
www.gofundme.com/chinas-wangfumaniceboy-fund THIS IS A GOFUNDME FOR HIM!!!!
Praying for you guys ❤️❤️
This made me realize I take everything for granted 😭😭😭😭