The Mouse People

A picture is worth a thousand words; a slide show is both. - Author Unknown.

I watched the slide show titled The 'Mouse People' of Beijing on New York Times website. The slide captures the life of laborers, waiters and salesclerks in China’s capital city. The workers live in a tiny room - sometimes they shared with roommate - with makeshift facilities.

I never heard about the term "mouse people" before. I couldn't find the meaning of it, but in my perspective, it refers to the lower-class strivers. China has become a new giant in the world economy, through this slide show people can see the other side of the progress of the country.

For all pictures in this slide show, I think it still need captions; it explains the pictures more deeper. The captions build the mood of the whole slide show with the word choices.