Floating is the name given to this category of Chinese people who have no money and no place of fixed abode. They drift like dust, andthis film shows the drifting of a little community. Paradoxically, the only constants for them are games of chance such as mah-jong, but also the national lottery. The gamblers try to guess the winning numbers by decoding the supposed clues hidden in the Teletubbies television programme. This image of everyday life in China presents a world of domestic scenes and its continuing dramas.