Pages

Monday, March 21, 2016

Sixteen Signs of Missing Persons in Jieyang, China

I haven't only seen signs for a missing dog in Jieyang . . .

Earlier this year, China's Ministry of Civil Affairs launched a new missing persons website. China Daily reported:
In the past, shelters mainly published a missing person's information on local media for a limited time. If the missing person was not a local resident, families from outside the region may not have been able to see the information.

According to [Wang Jinhua, director of the Social Affairs Department of the Ministry of Civil Affairs], despite the Internet, most missing persons are still located in a traditional way - cooperation between shelters and police.
The website is currently limited to those in shelters — places where many missing persons can't be found, whether due to kidnapping and child trafficking, secret police detention, or other reason. But at least the website may help reunite some of China's missing persons with their families.

Below are sixteen signs I have recently seen in Jieyang posted for seven missing persons. Like the photos and descriptions on the Ministry of Civil Affair's website, they expose a more personal side of a problem than what can be expressed merely through numbers. And the settings of everyday scenes, some with people going about their lives as usual, only amplify the signs' poignancy.


missing person signs in Jieyang



missing person sign in Jieyang, China



missing person signs in Jieyang, China



missing person sign in Jieyang, China



missing person sign in Jieyang, China



missing person sign in Jieyang, China



missing person sign and boys skateboarding in the background in Jieyang, China



missing person sign in Jieyang, China



missing person sign in Jieyang, China



missing person sign in Jieyang, China



missing person sign in Jieyang, China



missing person sign in Jieyang, China



missing person sign in Jieyang, China



missing person signs on top of an automobile advertisement in Jieyang, China



missing person sign in Jieyang, China



missing person sign in Jieyang, China

No comments:

Post a Comment