From China News:
Foreign Young Man Who Helped Up Fallen Middle-Aged Woman in Beijing is Extorted For 1800 Yuan
2013 December 2 morning around 10:30am, at the intersection of Xiangheyuan Road and Zuojiazhuang East Street in Beijing’s Chaoyang district, a woman with a Northeastern accent suddenly fell while passing by a laowai riding a motorscooter, collapsing to the ground and refusing to get up. The young foreign man quickly got off his scooter to help up the woman only to be grabbed by the woman claiming that she was hit by the laowai, that her leg was injured and was unable to walk, demanding that the laowai take responsibility. The foreign young man turned pale with shock, yet was tightly clung to by the woman. During the dispute, the middle-aged woman walked about normally and unaffected, and obstinately seized and clung to the foreign young man, ripping his clothes.
Afterward, this woman obstinately clung to the man’s scooter refusing to let go. The accident caused a traffic jam at the scene for over an hour, with the woman limping and twitching multiple times, insisting that she was knocked over by the foreign young man and that he should be held responsible, forcing the foreign young man into tears.
Not long after the incident occurred, the police arrived on the scene and both parties proceeded to Meitan General Hospital. After being examined by doctors and X-rayed, it was diagnosed that the woman was not injured at all. The woman then once again collapsed to the ground screaming that she was in pain/discomfort. Finally, after negotiations between the two, the foreign young man had no choice but to compensate 1800 yuan in “medical expenses” before the woman would drop the matter and leave.
These photos and the narrative of the foreigner being falsely accused and extorted were published across China’s major web portals early this morning with titles such as: Male Foreign National Has Traffic Accident Dispute with Woman, Pays 1800 Yuan in Compensation . Most were taken down later in the day (read on for why).
On NetEase, the photo series quickly became the most discussed article for the day and while it was taken down and is no longer accessible, the comments section is still accessible, featuring over 43k comments ad 200k comment participants (at time of translation). Here were the most upvoted comments…
Comments from NetEase:
王尼玛的幸福生活 [网易黑龙江省牡丹江市网友]：
So fresh/uncommon! Our countrymen’s false accusations [scams involving collisions] now no longer distinguishes between national borders and skin color!
网易英国网友 ip：31.205.*.*:
Suggest this be handled in court! Must keep this kind of completely ridiculous behavior in check!
依旧惘然 [网易江苏省南通市网友]：
Young man, you’ll probably be better off going back to your country, as this place is not suited for you~~~ [meaning life will be better in his home country and he does not not have to endure this kind of phenomenon]
网易浙江省杭州市手机网友 [水深火热帝国狗]：
This Northeastern auntie is the first person to force a foreigner to sign anunequal treaty, a hero of the nation!
网易江苏省徐州市手机网友(117.87.*.*)： (responding to above)
Haha, this comment is amazing/hilarious.
From China News:
Follow-Up to Foreign Young Man Who Helped Up Fallen Person Suspected of Being Extorted: Eye-Witness Claims The Young Man Screamed Foul Language
December 2, on a Beijing street, media have reported that a foreign young man was extorted [falsely accused of liability] after helping up a fallen woman. Photos from: Internet.
“Laowai Suffers Being Extorted 1800 yuan After Helping Up Fallen Auntie on Street”. Today, a series of photos on the internet [see above and below] attracted widespread attention, and according to The Beijing News reporter’s investigations, the narrative presented in this series of photos is inconsistent with the truth, that the auntie had indeed been knocked over by the laowai. Eyewitnesses say the laowaiwas operating a motorcycle without a license plate and after hitting the woman, used Chinese to verbally abuse the woman.
The Beijing News reporter today went to the scene of the incident, Xiangheyuan Road and Zuojiazhuang East Street, and interviewed two separate eyewitnesses who did not know each other and whom both stated that around 11am yesterday morning, the auntie was returning from the morning market when a collision occurred between her and the laowai on his motorcycle. The laowai was riding a black unlicensed motorcycle and carrying a woman at the time.
According to video of the scene provided by witnesses, the laowai continuously used fluent Chinese to curse “you stupid cunt, fuck your father”, “you’re lying, you want to extort money from me because you see that I’m a foreigner,” etc.
This morning, four police officers returned to the scene to investigate the matter. People familiar with the matter disclosed that the auntie really wasn’t faking an accident and injury, and was furious about the narrative attached to the series of photographs [online]. (Reporter Yang Feng)
From Sina Weibo:
@人民日报: Today, a series of “Foreign Young Man Who Helped Up Fallen Middle-Aged Woman Suspected of Suffering False Accusation/Extortion” photos attracted widespread attention. Eyewitnesses say the laowai was riding a black motorcycle without a license plate carrying a young woman when he collided with a middle-aged woman. Video of the scene show the laowai continuously using Chinese to curse “You ** [stupid cunt], I * your father [fuck you]“, “You liar, you want to extort money from me because I’m a foreigner”, etc. http://t.cn/8k5bRtO
The above microblog posts links to a 1:07 long video clip from The Beijing News hosted on Sina of the incident that has been viewed over 750k times (at time of translation) since it was uploaded at 2:30pm this afternoon. The following is a longer 2:46 version of the video, also uploaded this afternoon and was featured on the homepage of popular video sharing website Youku…
From Youku:
“Laowai Uses Chinese to Verbally Abuse Person He Hit” Video Exposed (Complete)
Today, a set of photos online attracted widespread attention. According to this reporter’s investigation, the narrative of the photos are inconsistent with the truth, that the auntie [middle-aged woman] indeed was knocked over by the laowai. Eyewitnesses claim the laowai was operating a motorcycle without a license plate and after hitting the woman, used Chinese to verbally abuse the woman who had been hit.
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