Comments on: An Uplifting Story Of A Kid And The Owner Of A BMW He Damaged http://beijingcream.com/2012/11/an-uplifting-story-of-a-kid-and-the-owner-of-a-bmw-he-damaged/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Gay Chevara http://beijingcream.com/2012/11/an-uplifting-story-of-a-kid-and-the-owner-of-a-bmw-he-damaged/#comment-123274 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 12:47:08 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=6573#comment-123274 I don’t think these actions would so much be expected in England. A story would be made of it as a gentle reminder that good kids do actually exist amongst all the chavvy offspring in England, but with this Chinese story there is an air of desperation about it.

]]> By: A http://beijingcream.com/2012/11/an-uplifting-story-of-a-kid-and-the-owner-of-a-bmw-he-damaged/#comment-121536 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 01:57:06 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=6573#comment-121536 That’s part of the point of this post, no? To show us some of the differences in how foreigners and how Chinese act in certain situations. The boy’s actions would be considered expected or normal elsewhere in the world (so we don’t praise it), but in China it’s NOT, so when it does happen, it’s praised?

]]> By: anon http://beijingcream.com/2012/11/an-uplifting-story-of-a-kid-and-the-owner-of-a-bmw-he-damaged/#comment-121335 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:36:45 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=6573#comment-121335 This Lei Feng is better, we have photographic evidence!

]]> By: Gay Chevara http://beijingcream.com/2012/11/an-uplifting-story-of-a-kid-and-the-owner-of-a-bmw-he-damaged/#comment-121256 Tue, 13 Nov 2012 00:07:42 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=6573#comment-121256 The thing is if this was a news story in England for example, it would probably be in The Daily Mail. And the story would more likely just be a photo with a couple of paragraphs underneath. The kind of ‘feel good’ filler that many news outlet use.

But I can’t help but think (and call me cynical here if you wish) that this is an attempt by the Chinese media to show that Chinese peoples morals/ethics are in place. I am in no doubt that this story may well be perfectly true. But it’s the use of it that I find questionable.

It’s like a vain plea of ‘Look! You see? We are a good society’.

Good on the kid for doing this, but I just kind of thing yeeeeaah so what?

]]> By: Tiu Fu Fong http://beijingcream.com/2012/11/an-uplifting-story-of-a-kid-and-the-owner-of-a-bmw-he-damaged/#comment-119700 Mon, 12 Nov 2012 08:29:09 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=6573#comment-119700 Learn from Comrade Xu Lihan.

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