Left behind children hold up apples given by their surrogate mothers - law enforcement officers - during a gathering to celebrate the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu Province September 25, 2007. These children's real parents have rushed to thriving cities and regions across the country to eke out a living. [newsphoto]
A left-behind girl makes a phone call to her parents who are away from home using the cell phone of her surrogate mother - a law enforcement officer - to send her Mid-Autumn Festival wishes during a gathering to celebrate the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu Province September 25, 2007. These children's real parents have rushed to thriving cities and regions across the country to eke out a living. [newsphoto]
Left behind children play the eagle-chicks game with their surrogate mothers - law enforcement officers - during a gathering to celebrate the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu Province September 25, 2007. These children's real parents have rushed to thriving cities and regions across the country to eke out a living. [newsphoto]
A law enforcement officer, acting as a surrogate mother of left behind children, examines a girl's homework during a gathering to celebrate the traditional Mid-Autumn Festival in Lianyungang, East China's Jiangsu Province September 25, 2007. These children's real parents have rushed to thriving cities and regions across the country to eke out a living. [newsphoto]
