Apathy and injustice
A Windows Live Spaces blogger has written a disturbing piece on Chinese apathy and injustice. On June 28, a middle school student from Chongqing was stabbed after arguing with two classmates. He lay injured outside the school gates for 30 minutes while pedestrians and school staff did nothing. He eventually bled to death.
The following morning, family members, including the mother, protested outside the school demanding an explanation. Police came to remove the family, hauling away the mother and assaulting the deceased’s nine year old sister and an aunt. Outraged members of the public protested outside a country government building and vandalized a police car.
It is a shocking story, and a clear illustration of the apathy and injustice that building a “harmonious society” breeds. Rather than dealing fairly with the relatives of the victim, local officials were quick to act forcefully in the name of maintaining “social order.”
The original blogger has posted pictures of the school and spontaneous protests which were gleaned off the Internet. Read the original post: Chinese Apathy and Injustice.
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