In the week since Wang Yue, the two-year-old girl better known as Yue Yue, was hit by not one but two vans, then ignored by 18 people before finally being rescued by a scrap picker, the Chinese public has agonized over how such a thing could happen, how the suffering of a helpless innocent could be ignored by so many. Several explanations have emerged, ranging from fears of legal liability to a belief that economic reforms have led to a decline in the sort of selfless behavior promoted in under Mao.This is exactly why I have a fear of getting hurt, sick or attacked in China. People won't help you; actually they might mug you while you're down. Maoism did not result in any selfless behavior for such a thing to be in decline. Maoism made people scramble for themselves, lest they end up with ... scraps.
Friday, October 21, 2011
Uh, NO.
This from Time.com:
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