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Fran Lu

We all need a helping hand in life, and when it comes, it feels all the more welcome when the act of generosity is from a stranger.
Here, the Post rounds up the best Good Samaritan stories to come out of China recently.
Highway hero
A road maintenance worker sacrificed his vehicle and equipment, worth 140,000 yuan (US$19,000), to save 100 cars from a landslide.
Xiong Jinhua, who is in his 60s, was rescuing a broken-down car on a section of the Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway, in southwestern China’s Chongqing municipality, on July 11.

As he finished fixing the car, a nearby hillside gave way.
Xiong moved quickly to get the driver of the car he had just mended to speed away from the falling mud and rocks.
He then got out of his own car to warn oncoming cars, and as he did so his vehicle and equipment engulfed by the landslide.
Police said Xiong stopped more than 100 cars.
The vehicle and rescue equipment, which Xiong paid for out of his own pocket, were worth a total of 140,000 yuan. His company said they would compensate him for the losses.
Lifesaver
A delivery worker in Wuhan, Hubei province, central China, voluntarily carries an automated external defibrillator (AED) on his back so that he can “save lives wherever he is”.

Zhao Bin, 32, started carrying the 2.5kg device on July 15, despite it leaving him with less space for delivery orders.
He said he was inspired after seeing a drowning person being saved by a passing nurse, and life-saving acts he witnessed during floods in his home province of Henan in north-central China in 2021.
A portable AED can save the life of someone who suffers a cardiac arrest.
Awareness about the device was raised in China following the sudden death of Taiwan actor Godfrey Gao in 2019 and that of 17-year-old Chinese badminton player, Zhang Zhijie, during a tournament in Indonesia in July.
Rubbish job

A Chinese travel vlogger with 430,000 followers on Douyin has become widely known after she went on a rubbish-clearing mission during a trip to Tibet.
Wu Guyi, 32, is driving by herself from northern China’s Hebei province to Tibet, a journey that is expected to last 23 days.
She was seen picking up rubbish on grasslands as she travelled.
In one high-altitude grassland area in southwestern China’s Sichuan province, Wu collected 15 large bags of rubbish all by herself, and suffered altitude sickness as a result.
Wu has called on tourists to stop littering.


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China Good Samaritans – landslip hero, delivery mercy man, long-distance rubbish mission

The Post takes a look at some Good Samaritan-themed stories that have come out of China in recent days. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin/Sina


Xiong Jinhua lost his vehicle and all his equipment under a pile of rocks and mud. Photo: Douyin

Kind-hearted courier Zhao Bin carries a life-saving device on his back. Photo: myzaker

Wu Guyi collects and bags litter left by tourists strewn across an area of grassland. Photo: Douyin

Paralysed China boy tearfully tells stepmother to have new baby if he dies during surgery

A paralysed 12-year-old boy in China has received waves of sympathy after he told his stepmother prior to surgery that she should have another baby if he did not make it through the operation. Photo: SCMP composite/Douyin


Hanhan had to undergo a gruelling six hours of major surgery on his hip. Photo: Douyin

The youngster made it through the surgery and is recovering well. Photo: Douyin

‘He saved me and the show’: China doctor fishes bone from throat of France opera singer

French rock opera singer Laurent Ban has praised the skills of a Shanghai doctor who was able to quickly remove a fish bone from his throat, thereby literally saving the show. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/IG@laurent_ban_off

Laurent Ban was able to perform just hours after the fish bone was removed. Photo: The Paper

Doctors in China are renowned for being able to quickly remove fish bones from people’s throats. Photo: Shutterstock

Baby in China chokes to death on nanny’s first day on job, shocking social media

People in China have been left in shock after a nanny, hired by a couple for her specialised post-partum skills, tragically caused the accidental death of their baby. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin

The tragic infant had to have a “significant” amount of milk pumped from its stomach. Photo: Weibo

Shocked online observers say the standard of training given to nannies needs to be improved. Photo: YouTube

Vietnam brothers’ journey to become trans women faces violence before finding happiness

A Vietnamese father’s initial shock over his sons’ decisions to become trans women has morphed into support. Photo: SCMP composite/QQ.com/vietnamnet.vn

The two former brothers are now living happily as sisters in Vietnam’s Ho Chi Minh City. Photo: QQ.com

The transitioned sisters are now their once intolerant father’s pride and joy. Photo: QQ.com

The younger sister, Chau, above, is now happily married to a man who is two years her junior. Photo: QQ.com

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Are you looking at me? This energetic feline does not like to be ogled at the “gym”. Photo: Douyin/拘谨的鸭梨

Fishy goings on as a parade of penguins file in to take their seats at the wedding. Photo: Douyin/企鹅大队长

A man in India was bitten by a snake and took immediate revenge action by biting the reptile back. Photo: Shutterstock

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