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- May 23, 2013
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Video of Zhengzhou woman attacked on bus by older man wanting her seat goes viral
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A video has gone viral showing an older man, presumably in his 60s, hitting a young woman who would not give him her seat on a bus in Zhengzhou, according to a report on sina.com.
The man grabbed the woman’s hair, struck her and dragged her from the seat. Several passengers got up and separated them. The man quickly jumped out of the bus after the fight.
The video shows the woman trying to chase after the man, but she is stopped by other passengers. Angered and upset, she says: “This is too much! ”
Most passengers on the bus were also upset by the man's conduct.
The 33-second video was re-tweeted over 200 times in the first hour after it was posted on Dahe News’s official Weibo account on Sunday morning. It quickly went viral and has now attracted nearly 7,000 comments.
There are frequent discussions on the issue of giving up seats to elderly people in China. While this is generally encouraged on public transport, it is also a frequent cause of conflict.
Many netizens responding to the video, criticised the man’s behaviour. “He is taking advantage of his seniority. This man is obviously fit judging by the way he hit the girl. This is a public assault and should be reported to police.”
Some said they could identify with the plight of the woman. “Many people give up their seats for people, but they seldom receive any thanks,” one said.
However, another netizen shared a story of giving up a seat to an elderly person, who returned it after hearing her say during a phone call that she had a stomach ache.
Another said; “Giving up seats to the elderly is a virtue, not an obligation.”
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11:14pm
Plenty of sexism here on the one hand, on the other, she is fighting back and looking to follow him off the bus too. So yes - every parent wants a boy so the story goes, and yes guys have mistresses if have money, and etc.... But when you get right down to it - let's say in a fight - Chinese women do not play the victim. So always many ways to view these things in my opinion.
7:43pm
I feel indifferent when viewing this video clip. I could easily imagine a pregnant lady could in turn go AWOL and pull the hair of a senior citizen off his seat. But I'm just making a crude generalization.
9:16pm
On the other hand I have viewed more mainland Chinese giving up seat to the elderly than in HK, whether in Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhongshan, Shanghai, Beijing and Chengdu. Well perhaps HKers got a valid reason, they can't put away their sutpid little gadget even when the place is pack.
Yeah i need to go check out my eyes, cause they are certainly deceiving me.
10:41pm
Sometimes people make patriotic remarks out self-righteousness, out of a generous payroll from their company or even out of being enchanted by their loving concubines from abroad, they could easily sweep everything under the carpet. Oh how insensitve of me, make no mistake I'm not accusing you really, or that would make me a slanderer. I''m just making a generalization.
