Middle School Students Beat Up Chengguan

Just as we were talking about chengguan, the Twitter feed of That’s Mandarin tipped us to a video “going viral right now” of more than a dozen middle school students in Zaozhuang, Shandong province beating up a chengguan, who are unofficially this country’s “city management officers” and more unofficially this country’s street thugs disguised as people with actual authority. The fight apparently began, according to the video title on 56.com (embedded after the jump for those in China), when the students saw the chengguan hurting an old man. No further information is available, but a fair number of commenters on 56.com and Youku have expressed support for the students’ actions.

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10 Responses to “Middle School Students Beat Up Chengguan”

1. Cameroon

   June 14th, 2012 12:42pm

   That’s not the American dude they’re beating on, is it?

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   • The Tao

     June 14th, 2012 12:45pm

     Nope.

     By the way, we now have an answer to the question, “How many middle school kids can you take on in a fight?”

     Not 15.

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     • Cameroon

       June 14th, 2012 1:16pm

       I can’t find this video on 163 or YouKu? Has it been suicided?

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2. Cameroon

   June 14th, 2012 1:18pm

   I always do that. Find the answer one second after I ask the question. It’s at the end of the video…

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