Comments on: “Glass Rained In Like Powder”: A Firsthand Account Of A “Chengguan” Attack In Beijing http://beijingcream.com/2014/02/a-firsthand-account-of-a-chengguan-attack-in-beijing/ A Dollop of China Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:42:34 +0000 hourly 1 By: Jake the Muss! http://beijingcream.com/2014/02/a-firsthand-account-of-a-chengguan-attack-in-beijing/#comment-253695 Tue, 18 Feb 2014 12:02:17 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=22395#comment-253695 “glass rained in like powder” . . .

Powder don’t normally rain though does it?

You fucking powder puff prat!

]]> By: tpk http://beijingcream.com/2014/02/a-firsthand-account-of-a-chengguan-attack-in-beijing/#comment-253574 Mon, 17 Feb 2014 23:47:32 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=22395#comment-253574 From ur writing style I’m guessing ur a bit of a Dick
Why would anyone need to share this story
U mention above many examples of day to day purchasing situations in China and classify them as normal
The event u so eagerly discuss falls in the same category…. Normal
I’m guessing its the hilight of the past 6 months for u and wife
I’m also guessing u were single for a long time pre China

]]> By: Derrick Sobodash http://beijingcream.com/2014/02/a-firsthand-account-of-a-chengguan-attack-in-beijing/#comment-252850 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 07:17:43 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=22395#comment-252850 Obvious troll post, but I’ll bite.

Congratulations on having never bought fruit or produce on the street before, or visited a night market, or bought a soda, tanghulu or sweet potato from a vendor near the subway. Those are all equally “illegal.” I’m sure your lifetime of shopping in Carrefour helped you learn so much more about China.

The point wasn’t that I was “injured”: you could get more cuts and bruises in an afternoon of playing any contact sport.

The point was that jumping out with bats and breaking shit after running a car off the road is a very dangerous way to enforce the law. If they had grabbed everyone, tackled whoever ran and held us till the police showed up, I would have nothing to complain about.

]]> By: Derrick Sobodash http://beijingcream.com/2014/02/a-firsthand-account-of-a-chengguan-attack-in-beijing/#comment-252846 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 07:07:03 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=22395#comment-252846 I only had a few cuts that healed up within a few hours. You could be hurt much worse playing sports. My wife was wearing gloves, so none of the glass got on her skin. She’s still finding glass in her purse and pockets, but that’s about it.

The driver made it away without being beaten, so the only thing she lost was the cost of replacing the windows in her taxi.

Honestly, no one was hurt. Their attitude of immediate violence is the real problem. The chengguan almost made the car roll over by crashing into the side of it. That could have really injured everyone involved.

If they simply blocked the driver, detained her and fined us, I would have considered it completely reasonable.

]]> By: Chinese Netizen http://beijingcream.com/2014/02/a-firsthand-account-of-a-chengguan-attack-in-beijing/#comment-252837 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 05:40:58 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=22395#comment-252837 “…reflects very poorly on China and it’s government.”
Yeah…as if the government’s actions alone don’t reflect poorly enough!

]]> By: Icky http://beijingcream.com/2014/02/a-firsthand-account-of-a-chengguan-attack-in-beijing/#comment-252821 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 03:42:36 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=22395#comment-252821 Taking an illegal taxi is not against the law, assualt however, most certainly is. The experience sounds very traumatic, I hope Derricks wife makes a full recovoury. I have seen those thugs in action in shanghai as well there use reflects very poorly on China and it’s government.

]]> By: Med http://beijingcream.com/2014/02/a-firsthand-account-of-a-chengguan-attack-in-beijing/#comment-252781 Sat, 15 Feb 2014 01:36:37 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=22395#comment-252781 Sure, and getting your car smashed or being beaten down with a stick is definitely the right way of “being held accountable for your actions”…

]]> By: Harland http://beijingcream.com/2014/02/a-firsthand-account-of-a-chengguan-attack-in-beijing/#comment-252746 Fri, 14 Feb 2014 22:30:12 +0000 http://beijingcream.com/?p=22395#comment-252746 Oh my goodness! A red mark! On thy holy foreign hand!

A queer thought – maybe foreigners shouldn’t take illegal taxis? Nah, foreigners are above the law and should never, ever be held accountable for their actions.

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