Comments on: Chinese Rushing to Help Fallen Foreigner Sparks National Soul Searching https://thenanfang.com/chinese-come-to-aid-of-fallen-laowai-in-spite-of-themselves/ Daily news and views from China. Mon, 19 Jun 2017 19:09:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.6.1 By: Dabizi https://thenanfang.com/chinese-come-to-aid-of-fallen-laowai-in-spite-of-themselves/#comment-13423 Sun, 21 Feb 2016 03:01:00 +0000 https://thenanfang.com/?p=373213#comment-13423 I don’t know about that case, but regardless it wasn’t a foreigner trying to pull a scam. The foreigner was lying, but he was lying about hitting the woman according to what you’ve said.

I stand by my assertion that a foreigner wouldn’t have much luck running a scam. It doesn’t mean that foreigners are inherently more honest or trustworthy though.

]]> By: Ken Morgan https://thenanfang.com/chinese-come-to-aid-of-fallen-laowai-in-spite-of-themselves/#comment-13422 Sat, 20 Feb 2016 21:41:00 +0000 https://thenanfang.com/?p=373213#comment-13422 There was one in 2012 if you remember. Hit hit a woman on his illegal motorped thing. Woman then told him you should pay my medical bills. The net community jumped all over her saying she was a scammer.

It turned out on video surveillance he REALLY did hit her. His motorped was illegal AND he was teaching illegally with his father too.

]]> By: WT Gillespie https://thenanfang.com/chinese-come-to-aid-of-fallen-laowai-in-spite-of-themselves/#comment-13400 Wed, 03 Feb 2016 04:52:00 +0000 https://thenanfang.com/?p=373213#comment-13400 I’m the foreigner standing in the photo. Chinese “rushing” to help isn’t quite what happened. He was surrounded by locals. Looking poorly. Hands on knees. I was passing by. Stopped and asked if he was OK. He said he thought so. But he looked bad so I walked him over to the pillar to sit down. After he sat, he passed out. I caught his head before it hit the tile floor. (That’s my bag under his head.) He convulsed, then woke. I told one local nice lady to call an ambulance. I got his business card, called his office, spoke with his wife. Guy next to me offered his coat. Then granny showed up and kindly pressed his wrists TCM style. When emergency services showed, I told the guy to check for stroke. I’ve since spoken to the foreigner (CEO of a local company). He’s doing fine. The local hospital gave him a thorough check up. (Because he was in local news? Don’t know.) Like anywhere. Some helped. Many gawked. All people are capable of great good and of failing in crisis. Don’t judge; just try your utmost daily.

]]> By: Dabizi https://thenanfang.com/chinese-come-to-aid-of-fallen-laowai-in-spite-of-themselves/#comment-13398 Wed, 03 Feb 2016 03:03:00 +0000 https://thenanfang.com/?p=373213#comment-13398 If a foreigner tried to pull the type of scam where you blame someone who tried to help you for an injury it would downright fail. So do you have dishonest foreigners who might try it if they thought it would work in China, yeah probably? We’ve seen the odd foreigners begging for money in train stations (Guangzhou, Shenzhen) who were trying to scam money from people.

]]> By: Paul Shanahan https://thenanfang.com/chinese-come-to-aid-of-fallen-laowai-in-spite-of-themselves/#comment-13392 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 09:05:00 +0000 https://thenanfang.com/?p=373213#comment-13392 “many Chinese are loathe to admit” should be ‘loath to admit’.

Loathe means hate intensely, loath means unwilling to, so the saying is actually ‘loath to admit’.

]]> By: stevelaudig https://thenanfang.com/chinese-come-to-aid-of-fallen-laowai-in-spite-of-themselves/#comment-13390 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 07:02:00 +0000 https://thenanfang.com/?p=373213#comment-13390 Trust, honesty, trustworthiness varies…. https://www.uea.ac.uk/documents/3154295/7054672/Honesty+paper/41fecf09-235e-45c1-afc2-b872ea0ac882

]]> By: Tom Swift https://thenanfang.com/chinese-come-to-aid-of-fallen-laowai-in-spite-of-themselves/#comment-13387 Mon, 01 Feb 2016 05:19:00 +0000 https://thenanfang.com/?p=373213#comment-13387 I was hit by a blue truck while on my motorcycle on the way into Shanghai. I remember opening my eyes and seeing tons of faces, all trying to help me get up. I was pinned under the motorcycle and they lifted the bike and pulled me out from underneath and helped me to the sidewalk. I can state that the Chinese people are more than willing to help a foreigner. I have also had three friends scammed by old people faking injuries (luckily for small sums since the police just asked them to pay to shut up the old person). Complete double standard.

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