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Beijing will ban begging, busking & flyer distribution in the subway starting from May 2015. Beggars & buskers in the subway will be fined up to 1,000 yuan, and those who distribute leaflets will be fined up to 10,000 yuan. The regulation was recently passed by Beijing municipal People's Congress. ************************ (QD) Mao Kaiwen says on nandu.com, "First, where will these beggars get the money? Second, what if they can not pay the money? Lastly, if the government will let it go when the beggars are not able to pay, then the regulation will just be a piece of useless paper." (PJ) Night melody says on weibo.com, Some beggars will ask for money after they perform a little. I'd say this group of people are earning their money, not begging. Rather, the government should think about their own management of the social welfare for these people, instead of just cracking down on them. (LK) xiaorenyu says on weibo.com, There are a lot of professional beggars on the subway. I once read this report which says some beggars do their job during the day and eat crabs and drink alcohol at night. So I do think the government should step in and try to manage these people. *********************** Notes: The Beijing News reports, some beggars on Beijing subway are pretending to be disabled. Others are from rural areas of the country where social welfare system barely exists and they rent children for months from villages to beg in Beijing. ************************ (QD) Liao Dekai says on news.sina.com.cn, "The identities of beggars are complicated. Some do this as a job, some do need help and some even are kidnapped and forced to do this. I think both the government and citizens need to distinguish between different kinds of beggars and treat them in different ways." (PJ) Dingxiaoqian says on weibo.com, "I often come across beggars when I ride the subway and not only within carriages, on platforms, outside the station as well. It's really a humiliation especially when you see the eye some foreigners give to those beggars. If the government doesn't take care of this, it would be a connivance of moral bankruptcy of this country." (LK) CCC Vc says on weibo.com, "There is absolute no need for the government to step in for this kind of issue. Begging on subways will disappear as long as the society could provide enough aid agencies and charity for the homeless and disabled."