‘A tragedy for our society’: Shock over Chinese boy seen urinating inside train carriage
A photograph of a little Chinese boy urinating on the floor of a Shanghai metro train carriage has sparked debate after being widely circulated on social media, mainland media reports.
An internet user based in Shanghai posted the picture – showing the boy relieving himself inside the train on Thursday while being helped by a grey-haired woman squatting next to him – on Weibo, mainland China’s equivalent of Twitter on Thursday evening.
This is too much, do you think this is a public toilet?
Other passengers were standing next to the boy, with two of them seen holding plastic bags, but none of them appeared to have tried to stop him.
The photograph was then shared on the Shanghai Morning Post’s official Weibo account on Thursday night. It had attracted more than 2,200 comments, including 1,200 “likes”, by about 10am on Friday.
A terrible generation will create an even more terrible generation! Education is very important
While some of the posted comments expressed shock and anger, others voiced sympathy.