You might think Chinese social networks would be all a-Twitter (yes, pun intended) with mentions of the Bo and Chen scandals, but the censors continue to make heroic efforts to tamp that talk down.
So what has been trending there? Talk of "American French Fry Brother" — otherwise known as Jason Loose. (He also goes the Chinese name Lu Jiesen.) The recent graduate from Arizona State is currently in Nanjing.
Jason bought a bag of McDonald's french fries for a homeless woman there, and then he poured her some water. A bystander took photos of the act, and the images have been rocketing around Chinese cyberspace, where someone lovingly called this new hero, "American French Fry Brother."
Besides being popular on Chinese microblogging site Weibo, there's also been coverage in newspapers and on TV.
Why the hubbub over a simple act?
Jason says many Chinese correspondents have told him that Chinese society has grown cold and uncaring, and when China saw someone from outside the country doing a nice thing on their home turf, it struck a nerve.
I have another theory. Maybe the Chinese were desperate for a shred of good news.
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Soooo where is this images that's rocketing all over Chinese cyberspace? Did they decide to censor it after-all?
Watch the video, you idiot.
I can't watch videos at work. The image itself would have helped me grasp the article better.
Some of us have better things to do than sit through a commercial and watch commentary on something we just read so we can get a glimpse of the photo they are talking about. I never go to any article with a video icon on CNN, now Im being tricked with a micro-thumbnail on the main page that goes to a video with a completely pointless picture of a mcdonalds box unless you watch their commercial.
THIS GUY DOES NOT LIKE CHIENSE PEOPLE VERY RACIST MOTHER
With this hubbub the Chinese want to show Romney, Gingrich and others that they should dwell on misgivings about Chinese being callous and anti-American.
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Sorry, please read, they SHOULDN'T dwell on....
What asdf said. I'm not watching a TV. I'm reading a web page. I'm not interested in video unless the things CAN'T be shown any other way. I'm not interested in a talking head, or ads. If a still photo is what the story refers to, not showing that photo makes the story incomplete.
If I wanted to watch video, I'd turn on the TV. I like to read news on the internet because I can read what I want, skim what I want, and generally cover way more news in a very short time. Some things need video,but most of the time it is simply a TV news network being too lazy to write. Sorry, but I refuse to watch video on CNN.
Why don't you shut up idiot?! F*** OFF!
Put your face in your palm for me, thanks.
this comment made me laugh so hard.
HHHHHHAHHAHAHHAHAHAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
what do you want to do???? Mr.palm
no kidding, I hate these stupid articles that hide photos in videos, its ridiculous. Im not watching a 30 second ad and then 2 minutes of small talk just to see a photo.
Not to mention 30 seconds of a commercial you can't avoid.
They want you to have to watch the videos so you will also have to watch the paid advertising. BTW CNN, I mute the ads.
Just install Adblock Plus on your Firefox or Chrome browser & you'll never see those 30-second ads again.
I have just about had it with the pop-up advertising, I HATE IT! and will eventually will drop off line because of it. Find another way to advertise!
Yes, they may try but there are laws in the US to protect a good samaritan.
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Maybe the Chinese were desperate for a shred of good news?
WRONG.
The ordinary Chinese were desperate for a shred of good will from America, after US government makes it plain that they regard China as US enemy No. 2, and try to contain China with military all around China.
Chinese have no ill feeling about US government of its people. But politics, especially election year politics, have turned the fate otherwise.
Open your eyes, China is the enemy of the world! They smile while stabbing you in the back. They steal information and technology like there is no tomorrow. This God-less country is the evil empire. China's ruling elite will continue to use nationalism to rally the people and control the media to program their people. The next world war will be China vs the world.
Jesus STFU.
Jesus... have you ever lived in China? Seeing a foreigner talking to a poor local would make news even without the fries. And Mr. Zakaria- there is PLENTY of good news in China. More and more families are moving out of poverty and buying their first cars. Kids are getting iPhones and graduating from university. People are getting jobs and the latest fashion trends from Europe sweep in every few months. Maybe WE should be the ones looking to grab some positive headlines???
Good news for a change. I played the video three times. .The Arizona States schoo and family should e getting a few phones cals. I am so tired of politics..I am voting for Obama.. You knew genaration have screwed this world up. You have been spoiled by your parents who never had anything..
Not sure if recieving McDonalds fry's is a positive.
amen to that
He should had done her laundry too and maybe given her a pedicure..,
iif u got nothing else to eat
Its the same, you couldn't have expected anything from the CHEAP Chinese, even helping there homeless was a foreigners act. Another way to fool the rest of the world
The homeless population in China is as large and may be even larger than the general population of the U.S. . These mongoloids are very rodent-like in their looks as well as breeding capabilities. It's only a matter of time before we are getting in the ring with them; like it or not. Wake up America.
The Chinese have always been cold and uncaring beyond their own 家 (family). To help someone would be to assume responsibility for them. We saw this over and over again when we traveled to China 15 years ago to adopt our daughter and in subsequent trips. Once saw someone get hit by a car, left to agonize in the street" because as our guide told us: 不好福 (bad luck) to help. For all their outward warmth, the Chinese are a strange and very self centered people.
So did you stop and help??
touche
It may not be selfishness but fear. If you help someone in an accident, the police may assume YOU did it and hold you responsible. Or perhaps if the culprit is not found, the good samaritan will be found guilty by doing nothing but standing there (rather than rushing the person to the hospital). I'm guessing people don't want to be involved with local authority at all so they avoid any type of conflicting situation. Very sad but that is what I think is wrong.
i think you hit it on the spot. i totally agree with you that this is probably THE main reason. they're afraid of all the complications with the authority that might come with getting involved...
I agree, I have seen this in Romania too, a former communist country. People would avoid being a witness even, would not have anything to do with authorities. It was best to stay under radar.
Agree!!!
Actually that is still selfishness. The Chinese are so selfish that they will sue people who help them if they see an opportunity to profit.
Reply to ASDF:
Right. No one in the USA would do such a selfish thing, only those Chinese.
I agree. I read a article somewhere else a couple of days ago about this and the person who wrote the article said that it is all over chinese twitter kinda site and what their saying is that they are embarrassed because someone from another country is helping someone from their country which they are not willing to do and they also said that not too long ago that a toddler was hit in the streets and it took the 18th person that saw this happen to stop and pick the child up and take them to the hospital. NOW that is cold.
oh oops forgot to say I had heard other stories about cities in our own country being cold, so who knows. New York, Philadephia. I wonder if we can really just say a whole country or city or state is cold, just like everywhere there are some cold people some not.
I agree with you.I am from China,and I am sad about my people today are cold to others.But I do believe it will be better in the future.The first step to be better is feel shame to be cold.China today faces the problems American meet several decades ago.So I think China's today is America's yesterday, and America's today will be China's future.
strongly agree!
it is common that if you helped someone in an accident, they would blame you for the accident and you would have to take care of them for the rest of your life. most people leave the scene more because of fear, than selfishness reasons.
不好福？ When have you ever heard a Chinese person say this? This is a literal translation of "bad luck" for which most Chinese would say sth like 运气不好 or use a much better 成语. Using fake Chinese only weakens your point, which by the way is a valid one. There are comparatively fewer Good Samaritans in China, though it balances with the level of generosity shown to those within their sphere – something that generally exceeds what we would be comfortable with in US.
Outward warmth?? Last thing that comes to mind when I think of the Chinese.
You obviously have never been to China.
You'll only see it in chinese take out.
They truly are an alien race.
Wow, you sound rather "alien" yourself. What planet did you come from?
And you've obviously never known a single Chinese person if you could write that. Put down your banjo and think about that.
@ Jimbo
cmon now, banjos are way cool and about as non-judgemental as you can get
Every person I see in America stops to help the homeless they pass in the streets, every day...
That's just wong.
Or may be they think that out of 1 point some billion, one is gone. Oh well.
na, it depends on where you are. It's different from city to city in China, plus not everyone is the same.
You have obviously never been to China. Chinese people are far more hospitable and community oriented than Americans. China has very little crime because people look out for each other. It isn't uncommon for people to hang drying clothes or store cabbage on public streets. They can only do this because it would be very rare for anyone to steal them. People don't do stuff like that in the United States because it is assumed that thieves would strike.
Chinese people generally view the decline in people helping people as a product of westernization. Traditionally, selfishness is not tolerated in Chinese society, and Western influence is largely seen as the cause of increasingly selfish behavior in China. That's why this video has gone viral. Here is a Westerner showing the type of compassion Chinese people believe has declined because of Western influence. They see this as a wake up call. Here is an American upholding Chinese values more than many Chinese people themselves.
Lol, "Jacob" you must be a Chinese sympathizer or a bit on the 'lame' side. Just, wow; look up anything about Communist china...really anything and you can see they are as cruel as anyone else. People are just people.
@ kalo, Communist china...really anything and you can see they are as cruel as anyone else?
Really? Do you know anything about Chinese history at all?
没想到你们美国人对一个简单的照片充满了这么大的议论。其实，每个国家都有自己的文化，希望美国人是真正的世界公民，而不是躲在角落里放冷枪。感谢你对中国的一丝友好，我们的国家从贫穷走向富裕，很多事情在变化，我们也一时适应不了，相信20年后看中国，更会令你们大吃一惊。
Very well put Jacob. I spent time China as a tourist during college and backpacked to some very interesting places. People were beyond hospitable everywhere I went. One family cooked us their last little bit of food at 2am as we walked through town. I think the hubbub over this guy is exactly as you state it. I'm impressed that he would take the time to stop and help her. He's reminding the Chinese of their own recent lack of caring for strangers, namely in cities.
I remember being in a bus station in the middle of nowhere one night when some kids came asking for money. I quickly cleared my pockets of change and ready cash and more kids kept coming. I felt so bad I gave a little girl my gold necklace. These kids were from a rural area and any help was good help. After giving my necklace up my friend pointed out I'd just given her a cross which could be construed as spreading religious beliefs, something I'd signed I wouldn't do in my visa.
When you're in a different culture you may do something that seems harmless in your world but that's dangerous in theirs. This french fry guy was stepping out on a ledge in a good way and we need to see more of it.
Visiting China changed my entire view of the country. I'd recommend everyone do it once to get over their fear of this country. They don't spend evenings watching anti-american news like we envision. The only negative story I heard regarding America, my entire time there, was one surrounding our obesity epidemic and it was all accurate and factual.
If you're afraid of China, go there. You'll see the world in a different way.
It's a shame someone so ignorant adopted a child from a culture you obvious don't understand and seem to hate. You also need to realize that the baby you purchased was almost certainly abducted. Tens of thousands of children are abducted from their parents in China, and sold to orphanages. Mothers can still sell their babies for money, but baby brokers figured out that they can make a lot more money if they simply abduct the babies.
Every single orphange in China that allows foreign adoptions has been found guilty of trafficking babies. When you purchased your baby, you were supporting and taking part in child trafficking. Orphanages tell naive buyers that the baby was abandoned along the side of the road or at the orphanage's door step. That is a myth. Since women can still sell their babies for some money, it is very rare for babies to simply be abandoned, unless they have a disability. So unless your baby has an obvious disability, you can be almost certain she was kidnapped from her family and sold to an orphanage, who then sold her to you...probably for about $20,000. The orphanages know which children were abducted, and they make it a priority to get them out of China ASAP. For that reason, nearly all the Chinese babies purchased by Westerners were abducted.
That's so warm and caring.
Anything for a buck, that's the Chinese. Did I saw a buck, I meant a penny.
The birth parents receive $20 K for giving their child up to the child traffickers? That is almost the total cost of an adoption with foreign fees and in-country fees included. The orphanage only makes about $2K. PLEASE STOP SPREADING RUMORS ABOUT ADOPTION JUST FOR THE FUN OF IT YOU MALICIOUS UNEDUCATED THING!!! As a person who has adopted two kids with special needs from China, I know a lot more kids have been helped out by allowing foreign adoption in China than hurt by it since most woukld have not been adopted in their own country due to the one child tax policy there.
There have been a spate of cases where an elderly person pretends to fall down, is helped by someone and turns around and blames that person for pushing them down. Also, a warning has been circulating on FaceBook where a crying child is used to lure women into being kidnapped. It's obviously good to help someone in need, but have to be cautious.
china does have many problems,but you foriegners dont know us actually,so shut up,pls
i actually agree with you.
earlier, on another article, i saw a canadian person who stated they now live in the US very near my home, that all americans lack humility. after getting past the irony of that statement, it made me mad, because you cannot say that any nation has all one good or all one negative trait. there are over a billion chinese people. from what i have seen, asian cultures in general have a great deal of respect for the less fortunate, for family, for strangers. i know that the rural areas of china are probably a lot like rural america, where every village is small and people know and trust each other. and i bet chinese cities are like american cities, where people will step over a dying person to get in line at Starbucks.
and just because of china's government doesn't mean everyone is in love with it! my own government does a lot of things i don't like. when i tell that to my friends, especially in the middle east, they actually tell me i should appreciate the good my nation tries to do all over the world. i am often more negative about my country than outsiders are.
all this hate is just driving me crazy. how is the world so hateful? it gets smaller and smaller with technology and travel, etc., yet people seem to be getting meaner and meaner. it is just disgusting. thank you for sticking up for your people. you are absolutely right, we do not live there, we do not know everyone there, none of us has any business generalizing about anyone.
It is a delicate game to finally shatter the Communists into a hundred pieces. I am not a fan of simplistic idiot Cold War mentality, but once you have found out what great harm and suffering they have cause innocents, you will never be able to like the Communists again. Even when it is done, you have foolish nostalgic sentiments such as those found in Russia. I just want to ask these people enjoying their new found freedom and wealth yet longing for the superficial aesthetics of Communism, "Are you stupid, insane, or both?"
The same could be said about people here in the United States. We usually act like we care until it involves some effort from us. Then we are too busy doing something more important like making money to send our brats to some party college or buying that next shiny new thing while not caring about the millions of unborn never left alone to find out what their life-story could have been or the majority of people on this planet making less than $2 a day, trying to obtain safe food and water. The USA only has one way to go and that is its current direction. Experience or read about the culture you have adopted your kids from before criticizing it. The worst enemy exists right here in our country – the outdated idea of American Exceptionism.
Agreed. Chinese, on average, are a bit more selfish and self-centered than many other cultures.
Good media exposure for the kid!
"Jason says many Chinese correspondents have told him that Chinese society has grown cold and uncaring, and when China saw someone from outside the country doing a nice thing on their home turf, it struck a nerve."
That may be part of it. But as children, Chinese people are taught not to stick their noses where it doesn't belong as it often leads to tragedy. Unfortunately this message has become so warped that we'll ignore people in need of aid. I am guilty of this myself. You can't undo decades of "brainwashing" (i.e. parenting).
It seems like today this is becoming a common phenomenon in Western society too. A man falls or gets hit by a car in the US and people ignore his cries for help.
Wrong, this has never been as low in America as China and doesn't seem to be coming close to China's level of uncaring. I still remember that little girl that got run over repeatedly in China. This does not happen in America.
Really? Remember Kitty Genovese? It is a pretty common social phenomenon, especially when there are large groups of people. There is a diffussion of responsibility. Imagine that multiplied by 1.3 billion!
Meh: Yes, I remember that incident with the little 2 year old girl. So absolutely tragic that case was. I thought of that incident for months afterwards. I'm glad she is in heaven now. Life is cruel especially in China.
"This does not happen in America."
you need to check youtube for the guy in Connecticut that got ran over and people kept walking past. It happens in the US as well.
You can't use anecdotal evidence to support your statement. A few incidents reported the Internet is not enough. There are over a billion people in Chinaa; you need to show me some statistics.
Hey Kitty, compare apples and oranges much? Kitty Genovese was beaten and stabbed to death in the streets, there would be a real risk of being injured by the assailant. Helping someoone who fell down or was experienceing chest pais or being struck by a vehicle is completely different. Like you.
Collins61, you are misinformed. No one called the police in the Kitty Genovese case, which is all they had to do. The beating and stabbing went on for hours with the assailant leaving and returning multiple times. People watched from their windows and did not even call 911! It was huge news at the time and the neighbors were demonized. All the talk was about how people were losing empathy for each other due to societal changes. Years of research have showed that this is a pretty common human phenomenon. Look it up. Pretty interesting stuff.
This is BS. I have been benefiting from helps from total strangers in China.
Getting extra egg roll with flied lice no count missy!
Stay Classy, Bo Peep.
Bo Pep, go help your mom wash the dishes and shut up.
Then go the fuk bak
Adam: I agree that many Americans are also becoming this way (turning away when they should be helping). It may stem from selfishness or fear. Fear that someone may sue you if things don't turn out the way they should. I remember spotting a dog on the side of the road. Many cars simply drove past but I stopped. I called the police and I was told to wait til they showed up, they also wanted my driver's license and personal information. I told them I merely spotted it but suddenly I felt like I was getting in trouble. Interestingly, the owners had been searching and when I called in, the police were able to notify them immediately. So it was also ackward because the owners showed up and were crying over their dead dog. I'm just glad they didn't think I did it and start yelling at me. Instead, they were grateful someone had found him. Very sad situation but I can see now why people would avoid helping lest they get in trouble for something they didn't do. Does it make it right to ignore? Never. Our conscience does tell us what is right and wrong and we need to listen to it.
Mei, it is the modern and increasing dissolution of the Golden Rule: Do unto others as you would have them do unto you. Thank you for stopping and reporting the presence of the hit dog. If you had lost and were searching for a loved one, you would want someone to do the same for you. Especially if someone does you a kindness, if you cannot pay them back, pay it forward by helping someone else. The Me Mentality has really taken hold in the USA.
I disagree, while this might the the norm in large cities, where people become desensitized, but I grew up in Middle America, we still have values, help people to truly need helped.
But Having lived in LA for years, I have changed one thing, I will only help those who need help but do not demand your assistance. Drives me nuts these perfectly healthy sane people begging on the street. I will always offer my hand to those in need, but must differentiate between needy and Lazy. I hate lazy people.
Though we may not be as bad. (I remember the girl who got hit in China and people walked passed.) A year or two ago a man tried to rescue a woman from a mugger in Queens, NY. He saved the woman, but in the process was stabbed. There is footage of people walking passed this man for over an hour. There were even people who stopped to take pictures of the man with their camera phones. The man eventually bled to death after laying there for over an hour. We may not be as bad as China, but we are not too far behind.
Proof please.
well, I heard some people from other countries called china and us "evil alliance"
I saw that one the news!!! It was crazy cause people did stop to take pictures and no one helped!!!!
Proof:
A heroic homeless man, stabbed after saving a Queens woman from a knife-wielding attacker, lay dying in a pool of blood for more than an hour as nearly 25 people indifferently strolled past him, a shocking surveillance video obtained by The Post reveals. Some of the passers-by paused to stare at Hugo Alfredo Tale-Yax last Sunday morning and others leaned down to look at his face.He had jumped to the aid of a woman attacked on 144th Street at 88th Road in Jamaica at 5:40 a.m., was stabbed several times in the chest and collapsed as he chased his assailant 04/25/2010
Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/queens/passers_by_let_good_sam_die_5SGkf5XDP5ooudVuEd8fbI#ixzz1uxp8fkav
Speak for yourself, dude. I've always helped whomever I can, whenever I can. It depends on the person, and the level of compassion in a person. It's sad when we should be helping each other, yet many just don't give a damned. I'm only 31 and female, and i see people way older than me just turn their heads the other way when people right in front of them have clearly been in need of help, whether it be someone that is being assaulted or yelled at or screwed with in general. It's pretty pathetic when we can't help out fellow humans, regardless of "what parents may have taught". Take responsibility. You aren't your parent, and you have the willpower to break the type of negative thinking that may have been pushed upon you. I'm sure if anyone was put in a situation where they desperately needed help by their fellow humans, then their tune would change.
SAD.
Tired: very well said.
yes I've heard thats a common belief but, seeing a lifeless child get run over, seeing a pregnant woemn get beaten senselessly over ice cream, stealing peoples kids to sale...
its just wrong, maybe its because I'm an american and also my brothers keeper, but the government has also scared many people to take action.. people were moved, by such an act however i find this to be sad
Not fish of the same fry genetically. Could it be because of the net?...Nets are usually knit according to the local fish. Well Fareed, I may give you a local Turkish dishing of netting fish...Baking patatoes as well. For I intend to comment on things like wheather, cooking and vegetation for some days to come
I do not have to pull the plug of my internet to cook a meal.
Turkish netting rules can be restraining.
As the fishing season opened, there was this restriction of not netting in seafloors shallower than 26 meters. This is to protect the younger fishes untill they mature. (This realy does not make sense since the parliment tries to lower the voting age to 18 years old). There is this conflict here on catching the ROCK dwelling fishes- which are almost extinct in North eastern Mediterenean seas. You have to dive under to get them.
ANYWAY only a month left til the end of this rocky year.
In America, he would have been labeled a cheepskate for only giving her Fries and Water. How about a value meal there bub? Couldn't spare the extre Yen?
Yen? In China?
You are an idiot. on many, many levels.
Going to guess yen wouldn't have bought him much in China without a trip to the bank to exchange it for some yuan first.
I'm guessing he bought the food for himself and then spotted the woman. I just hope he was able to do more for her later. Maybe go back and find a way to permanently assist her so she isn't living on the street. You'd think Chinese culture to honor your elders would help this poor woman. Very shameful to the whole of China if you ask me if they can't help their homeless.
don't guess, watch the piece. he didn't buy it for himself, he got it because he saw her. to his defense, she was sitting in front of the mcdonalds, so that is why he stopped there. i don't know, if she was sitting in front of a fancy steakhouse, if he had bought her a steak but i am pretty sure she would not have been allowed to beg there. and no one mentions this then: mcdonalds, a US company, rarely makes beggars leave their grounds. i have seen many people here in the US beg in front of places to eat. that is what she was doing. so he saw her, saw she had little money from charity and little food, went in and got her a little thing – i think fries are the smallest thing on their menu, but idk about their chinese menu. why are we getting all mad or happy that an american guy gave a chinese woman a few fries anyhow? i really wish we would all just stop the hate already. don't we all have enough problems just being human? i am really sick of people's hatred, especially in a thread for an article like this. it's ugly.
It's Yuan, friend. Or if you want to be casual, kwai. It must suck to be so stupid.
I object to the other replies calling you stupid, an idiot, etc.
I am very offended that they are insulting the stupid and idiots.
Has anyone ever thought about judging a nation of billions of people based on a person's action and the social responses of a group of people when the action took place, how easy is it?
This is BS.
Ah so missy suki yaki!
Why is Bo Peep making such racist comments.?
Because he/she is an idiot. Just that simple.
Ignore Bo Peep. He/she is starving for attention and recognition, and has to resort to being a troll to get ti.
bo pee...you are an ignorant looser.
The traditional Chinese education on morality wasn't like this at all. As far as how I was taught, you don't want to stick your nose into someone else's business, but you have to stand up and help people who are in need. What's causing this current phenomenon of "coldness" is the lack of proper law to protect those who are doing good deeds. The Cultural Revolution has done major damage to the Chinese society about "trust" and recent incidents of crooks taking advantage of good doers have also further damaged trust between strangers.
I agree with Lynn. I lived in China for 2 years and my wife is Chinese. We spent many dinners with her friends discussing/lamenting over the affect that the Cultural Revolution has had on Chinese society.
I agree! My wife is also Chinese. It is not as simple as "Chinese people are cold". Such generalizations are sloppy and the result of looking too far past one's nose. I have observed mostly hard work and frugality from the Chinese, not self-indulgence that one would expect from selfish people. There are good reasons for whatever behavior is observed, and we would likely act similarly under the same understanding.
Well said Lynn.
Yep, I blame the commies too. Thanks to Mao and his gang of immoral hooligans, they are no better (and most likely much worse that the corrupted KMT back in the day.)
"Comments are not pre-screened before they post."
Buuullllshiiiiitttt.
This is BS. China has all kinds of good news, that is you CNN choose only bad ones to report. Ask a Chinese, who cares about Chen in China, a blind psycho who thinks everyone in China wants to kill him, and yet refuse to leave China. Believe me Chinese want US to have him, all of them. Why he is useful for you guys to make China looks bad is the real question behind everything.
Gee, how much do the wackos at the commie party headquarters pay you to post on CNN?
So your comments is genuine, all other opinions who don't agree with you are paid to do it? Is that what you call "Freedom of Speech"?
And how much does your uncle sam pay you to finger your azz?
Did anyone ever notice that homeless people in China seldom stink like they do in New York who can render a whole subway cart unbearable within minutes. Just saying, maybe 'homeless' in China pay more attention to personal hygiene.
Yes, damn those mentally ill people for not taking showers! If only we could round all of those undesirables up so you could have a pleasant subway ride!
No they just stink less. BO wise than the good ole boys
That's probably because the pollution is so bad in china that you can't smell anything.
When a society becomes more capitalistic, it tends to turn colder. That siad, theee are still alot of good, caring people in China.
Currently, Chinese society is the most capatilistic one on the planet. They are experiencing the same unbridled capatalism the USA did back in the late 1800s. "How can I get the most out of everything" is a mentality that can be wrenchingly selfish as people screw over others in the pursuit of profit. People seek profit exclusively over a fair deal these days.
And here in America we are told not to give money to panhandlers – that it is better to donate to actual charities. I suppose food is a little different, but the same concept applies. In the US there is a place to go to get food when you are homeless – I guess it's not the same in China.
Either way it seems like a diversion for sure.
so you have never seen a homeless person or a beggar in the US?
where do you/have you lived? i have lived in several big cities, including DC, and in many rural areas, too. i have seen people who need help everywhere. and i gave help to many of them when i could.
i just don't judge people. i am better off that way.
I strongly believe the Western Press has been over played the dark side of China news for whatever reasons that I refrain to speculate. I have been sending weekly bright side China news to our friends to give it a balanced view of China. I visited China 5 times in the last 10 years, I have witnessed both sides of China (the bright and the dark sides), it is no difference than in the US or Canada. Bravo, the American French Fry Brother! Hats off to you, wherever you are, your kindness is always appreciated.
Politicians like to instill fear to gain support. Theyt like to blame China for our problems, especiallyt econimic vows. The public bought it; it's better to find a scapegoat than blame ourselves.
when we have a billion and a half people, we will be in the position to judge. i live in chicago and i see the homeless being ignored on a daily basis. this isnt a Chinese trait, it is a human trait.
right, but a good portion of the "homeless" and panhandlers in Chicago aren't homeless. They're making bank off of workers in the Loop during commutes. There was an article a bit back about a guy who made over $25 an hour by panhandling. He had a home. And a car. Panhandling paid for it, and then some.
many homeless people in the US – truly homeless people – have mental or physical illnesses that keep them from being stable. in my past, due to family and income instability, i was "homeless" a few times, but i had places to stay. in fact, i never thought of myself as ever being homeless until not too long ago, when i had occasion to re-examine my life in someone else's eyes. since i always had some place to stay, i just assumed i wasn't homeless, i wasn't on the street. so be careful of how you view people, they may not see themselves that way, and they may have a good reason they can't provide for themselves.
you know the saying, "there but by the grace of god goes i?" that means, it could just as easily be you. so be kind.
Awwww, China's first meme.
It started with compassion.
Unfortunately, it seems that China does not care about much (ie it's people and environment) beyond technology.
Well, Chinese is not as bad as what you perceive from this story or your one time experience and American is not as ethical as someone suggests here. There is nothing wrong to take care of one’s own family first. It is hard to imagine how much help one from a broken family (single parent?) can provide to the society because she may need more help from others. I believe that the missing of legal mindset and guidance cause the “uncaring” problem in the day-to-day life of Chinese. Often time, the one who gives a hand to help gets burned just because he is so close to the victim that he becomes a suspect who causes the injury to the victim. If the law is well established (like Torts in US) and becomes the common sense of the public, I believe more and more Chinese would like to stand up and help their unknown fellow citizens. Nowadays, while the social media can help spread good messages, it does exaggerate misleading or even incorrect information. People tend to be only occupied by the information they receive from the internet sources but ignore many other things happening at the same time. Be careful and rational when making judgment on these information. By the way, do not believe those opinions that some recent affairs in China will make the country overturned or derailed. THIS IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. Comparing to China’s unstoppable forward marching, these are only the minor noise. People who come up with these opinions just want what they like to become reality.
This article is pointing out the problem with state controlled media. In China, that is reality.
In US here, it is a capital controlled media, not anything better than state controlled really.
The key here is "Control", state, capital, liberal, conservative, gay, or anit-gay. It does not matter because you get caught one way or the other.
Many of the "homeless" people in Chinese cities own nice houses at countryside, There were undercover reports in CHinese media that these people are good actors. begging in the street became a big profession in China. There are parts of China where a whole county become rich due to culture of begging in the cities. That is why when people see beggers in the street, they ignore them, because they do not know if they are true homless or people whao are richer than themselves.
THose beggers call it "go to work".
How much is McDs paying? Oh yeah, free publicity is always the best. As opposed to their fries, which are the worst. Here, have some worthless trash that will make you sick and probably put you out of your misery sooner, poor person. I'm a hero!
Good question! How much does Mc pays to CNN to carry this story? or, is this free ad?
Another way to promote yourself! A very good idea.
Better than "Bus Uncle."
Wonderful story. God bless us all.
Most of this discussion misses the point of the young man. It wasn't solely about giving the woman food. It was the 20 minutes he spent with her while sharing some food and discussion. It was about showing her someone cared about her enough to treat her like a human being.
I have a friend from China and when I asked why China never helps others and only loans money with interest to those who do...she says the act of charity is non existant in China – self sufficiency is praised....period.
China's will fall.
I think the Chinese have better grammar than you! Learn to use grammar correctly please. You're an embarrassment to America (assuming you're from here)...
Net works differently in some countries to protect the well being of public. News are filtered to serve the public the most useful news. Off course this is done for the wellfare of the people. Happiness of people is upmost. The rest of the news can be filtered out. This is an approach to the global net of the world. When you look at nature; well natural nets are created by spiders. Spiders form these nets to catch their food while sitting at the center of the web. OR NET SHOULD I SAY?
Little do we know that by feeding her McDonalds french fries he is actually trying to slowly kill this homeless woman with obesity and heart disease. Also there called FREEDOM fries people. We don't want to be associated with the snooty French.
Good manners must take root to be effective in creating healthy work environments.
These little yellow skinned people are not our friends.
THIS is what I had in mind.........
It may be true that Chinese are getting cold and this news stuck a cord, or they want to hear a happy news.
But look at USA. Every day we are bombarded with bad news, murders, killings, politician's affairs. I am so
sick of reading news every day. How about some good news for a change?
HEY- THAT'S MY MOVE. 8 years ago I was in Shanghai working for a 3rd date with the prettiest lady I've ever been with (Chinese girl). It was strange but I felit like I was close to begging to get her to go out with me again (the foreigner novelty wore off).
We went to a local restaurant and ended up getting a doggie bag for the left overs. We started walking and I saw an old lady beggar and handed her the food and she took it with no "thank you" (typical). I noticed my date was looking at me funny and finished the night respectfully. She later told me she was going to dump me after that date but she was so impressed with my consideration and it showed I have a heart (girls tend to like that?). The next dates were easy to get and 2 years later- we were married (not without other challenges).
Courtesy is not common there- Opening doors, thanking people, helping to carry luggage for elderly, stopping pick pocketers, giving up seats to elderly... (I stopped giving money after a couple days...).
Fareed, who could ever turn down your golden tid bits ? But could we get an apple pie with that next time?
God, that could be any of our moms' if we grew up in a different culture (though yeah, it happens here in the USA too) and were brought up differently. Very sad, the respect we give the young generation(s) while neglecting the older, more accomplished ones (looking at you, Media).
An act of kindness indeed which might have further positive repercussions beyond helping a single homeless person. It may inspire others to do likewise. I just hope that homeless woman didn't have high blood pressure though. The salt from just a couple of McDonald's french fries would probably kill her.
Very interesting indeed.
Get a clue. The Chinese are not the enemies of the west.
The thing is, in China usually people treat friends and family very well, but treat strangers with indifference. In a country with a large population this often happens. However Lu Jiesen helped a stranger a lot...
Well, This reminds me of a contrasting story, that of a toddler run over twice in the street and rescued by a relatively poor woman. There was much outrage over that story there because several people passed by but did nothing to help the child. These two stories may make one think that Chinese people are cold and heartless at first glance, but I would argue that because there is outrage about the one story and praise for the French Fry Brother from the other, it is indicative to me that the Chinese people are awakening their compassion which was likely suppressed by the harsh realities of their daily lives since their revolution. I interpret the reactions to both of these stories as a sign of hope for the future.
A story told by our tour guide in China:
A policeman escorted a group of beggars out of center of Shanghai on a train which took them back to their hometown province. He then took the train back to Shanghai and found the same beggars at their old spot in Shanghai. “How did you get back so fast?” He asked. “We flew.”
Light bulb. We can conquer the Chinese empire by getting them fat on McDonalds. GENIUS
Don't know why, but this made me think about how I never see an Asian begger in the streets in the US. You see white guys and black guys all the time, occasionally some Native Americans, but never an Asian person.
let us always meet each other with a smile, for the smile is the beginning of love, and once we begin to love each other naturally we want to do something.
--《seniorconnecting.C^o^m》---,it is a nice place for over 40 people.
One to a couple billion people makes one practically zero. Do you care if a billion ants let one ant die unjustly? The light of a single star go out in a universe of trillions upon trillions of galaxies of stars? At some point people stop caring for their fellow man and only blindly follow the will of the queen ant and work until they die. Ants follow a sort of communism, it works to keep the society going, but the head reaps most of the benefits and the workers get almost nothing and no one cares for another. Except at least ants take care of the children, and don't kill them even if they were girls.
Cold and uncaring? Where are people getting this from? I lived in China for the past three years and of all the countries in the world I have been to, China was hands down the friendliest bunch of them all. I lost track of the number of times perfect strangers would eagerly help me out without me asking, or chemists and doctors helping out for free when I was in dire need. The world could learn a few lessons from the way people are there. Whoever suggests they are cold and uncaring clearly have never set foot in China!!!
I agree, Chinese do not have much courtesy though, that does not mean they do not care. Isreal has been very nice to China because in world war II, 30000 Jews escaped from Europe to Shanghai and survived with the help of Jewish charity and local Shanghainese........
DROP the bomb on them alreayd b4 its 2 late
CAVE YOURSELF INSIDE AN ICE MOUNTAIN, WAR MONGER!!!!
The Chinese need a "shred of good news"? what?
There economy is zooming. There are tons of formerly-poor who are enjoying cell phones, reliable transportation and a bright future.
American's have indigent, begger folks, too.
I just don't understand the author's interpretation, here.
But yes... I nice overall story (that an American helped a poor person in another country)
You'd think that China would be censoring these pictures as well, as it paints them in a bad light. China only wants you to see the positives of their country.
China did censor the video in which you are zucking your uncle sam's limply kwok.
Great – he helped someone. This is nice, but it does not need a medal ceremony. Do I need one for the 44% that I pay in taxes for the welfare trash? I feed and clothe the children that the so-called 'mothers' cannot afford, pay their rent, utility and cable bills (just the basic necessities, you know.) Oh, I forgot... she's a responsible mother who is looking for a job all of the time, so she needs a free cell phone and free transportation vouchers.
To FedUp – By your comment, you appear to be a woman-hater, however you might be able to ease some of your anguish by reading statistics regarding dead-beat parents that do not pay for child support – the majority of them are men. So, who should you really be pointing your anger towards? Not everyone abuses the system as you seem to indicate. I know many that need a little help while in a transition period they did not create, especially if they do not have family to help during the transition. I do not know the situation with the homeless woman, however the empathy this young man has shown for a brief moment in time will resonate like ripples on water. Remember the little girl on the beach filled with stranded starfish story? "She made a difference to that one" Try it sometome! It just might make you feel good.
After scanning the comments here, quite a few, possibly a majority seem racist or prejudiced in one way or another. Taking this into account with the fact that Western Media vilifies the and demeans the Chinese at every seeming opportunity, while the Chinese media is generally more amenable in its depiction of western subject matters, it seems that the situation is good for our agenda.
A war between the US and China will result with the annihilation of the Asian race, and the permanent economic leveling of the US.
This leaves Northern Europe and Russia to pick up the pieces in the aftermath and finally establish our 1000 years of an Aryan Reich. Americans rednecks can do our bidding. We can dine off the dividends from their war industry. Drang nach Osten!
It's a race, islam might get you first! You should aline with your brothers in the US.
Thor o Akbar!
Bring it you ugly beaked nosed apes.
"Drang Nach Osten?" – wrong direction, Nordic. You wouldn't be going East.
Humanity as a whole has become cold and uncaring. I don't care what anyone says, any country is capable of someone ignoring someone in need. You do it all the time when you pass a homeless man begging for change. You do it every time you see an old woman struggling to carry her groceries across a busy highway. You do it every time you ignore a friend who is depressed/crying. Every time I hear about someone who actually does something nice like this it amazes me because good people are becoming less common in this world of "mine mine mine". Doesn't matter if he was white or Chinese.
The Chinese worship anything done by a foreigner. It's ironic that in China, a Caucasian speaking Chinese with an accent is an instant celebrity, whereas in the U.S., a Chinese person speaking English with a Chinese accent is mocked ("Flied Lice any one? Har har har"). There are many public university and hospital buildings in North America that are built based upon donations by Chinese (especially from Hong Kong), but the media and public don't give a damn because they are too busy being anti-Chinese. But a Caucasian buys someone a hamburger and they are worshipped like a god. In China, every large company will hire a few Caucasians at executive positions, but in the US there are glass ceilings where Americans of Chinese descent are pretty much barred from the old boy's club. To be honest, I find the hatred and xenophobia of mainstream Americans toward people who don't look like them to be less distasteful than Chinese people's infatuation with worshipping foreigners.
It's not that they look different, it's that they are taking over the US.
Come on, give this young man a credit. I do not think many Chinese would sit and talk to homelesee. I am chinese live in american.
What planet are you living on? Chinese worshiping foreigners and Americans making fun of Chinese peoples' accents I have never seen.By the way I live and work in China. I kept mocked for my Chinese language everyday. In the USA the Chinese and other Asians are seen as the "model minority" and can even be Americans. Here in China, I can read, write Chinese and live here 50 years and I will be a "lao wai": a foreigner, with varying degrees of respect with the tone of voice that it is used. Let us not forget how Chinese people mistreat blacks, and other Southeast Asians with the names they are called. They are racists everywhere, just in China they don't hide behind a P.C. mantra as in the states. Here racism, against non Chinese is pretty open.
Don't be fooled by China's seeming attraction with Americans. They hate you with every fiber of their being. Nuking the US would rid the world of the biggest warmonger on the planet.
Yes, that's why Apple is stockpiling money outside the US. Sold the US down the river for blood money.
It's coming folks, Chinese overlords ruling the US.
so, how are those people doing in Tibet and the "western provinces?"
Didn't anyone see the video of that perverted Brit raping that Chinese woman last week in Beijing? When they caught him they beat him down like a dog. I couldn't watch it it was so sickening.
Chinese are the vilest people.
Death by a thousand cuts, it's not just a metaphor. Enjoy your iPhone.
&&&&&&&&& You are a shining example of ignorance and arrogance rampant in America! Nothing more vile than ignorance and arrogance.
Your statement is baseless, so check yourself into therapy, you have sinophobia!
多大个屁事啊，讨论那么激烈？火星帖……脑残
我就不明白了，给那乞丐买个薯条而已，又不是给了她几百万美金，至于那么吹捧吗？我操，还成英雄了？你让那些大慈善家们情何以堪？尼玛一堆脑残货，外国狗滚粗！
我想说 等着看以后吧 美国人
每个国家都有宣传的需要， 你懂的。
Chinese are idiots!!
And you're an American kwok zucking kwok zucker
I know that they are idiots and vile and dumb but how is it they are overtaking us?
They are overtaking us? In what way?
They are a pointless dictatorship who makes cheap goods and has a future and present filled with potential (and coverups of) massive instability and unrest. They are a nation that murders people and steals their organs to sell to the highest bidder. They are a nation that does media blackouts on a ongoing internal civil war in Xinjiang. They are a economic power and AT BEST a regional power.
Everything you see on TV about china is trying to make you afraid of them pointlessly when in reality they are a nation with a crumbling infrastructure, MASSIVE corruption plaguing their government, and outside of a few coastal show cities they are filled with rusting factories relics of the cold war or earlier where people sleep in cots and wouldn't pass even the most bribed inspectors. I think we should be more afraid of a massive revolt or complete collapse of their nation than anything else because it would take a few years to export all manufacturing to Malaysia.
In reality 5 years ago I worked for an importer/exporter where my boss and some of his customers as well as other purchasers would go on trips to china. Not fake tv China but REAL china. The one where peasants still exist that live in thatched hut houses and they have their lands entirely confiscated to build a highway they can show on a commercial, the china where they have crumbling buildings where children pick through garbage so they can string together clothes and find a nice piece of rubble to sleep under. The China where the air is literally toxic and you can die just from breathing.
I am about afraid of China as I am of Brazil. They are a complete non threat. Brazil because they are friendly towards to west and China because they are an overrated trash filled crumbling dictatorship with massive problems all around that probably wont be resolved for another 50 years or longer. Wake me when they are actually equal to south american or ghana prosperity levels. The biggest paper tiger of all nations. I would be more "afraid" of Russia.
This old woman here is probably an example of 60% of the Chinese population.
You are pointless, enough said.
Your little rant is proof of how arrogant Americans are, only looking at the negatives of other countries, never positive... when there is soo much trouble in America.
BTW You must be one of the 90% of ignorants in the US...I doubt the percent is low from what I seen on the CNN forums...
Ready, well said. China is the biggest paper tiger. America, the land of the free, is the real tiger. Look, we used a lie as a justification to invade Vietnam half century ago, and we still use the same trick today, Irap is the best example. What can the world do about it? Not a goddame thing. Anyone who dare to say no to us, we can bomb them back to stone age. We own this planet!!!
The biggest reason is nothe bought meal for the homeless. It is because his caring gesture. Most Chinese usually would feel embarrassed to sit with the homeless side by side and talk to him/her, this young man actually sit with the old woman and chat with her for more than 10 minutes. It is touching and brought the true spirit of "everyone born to be equral".
CNN should publish more such news ...............a real hero
http://english.cntv.cn/program/china24/20120517/105223.shtml
Action says it all.
"...A bystander took photos of the act, and the images have been rocketing around Chinese cyberspace..."
Did that "bystander" wear a black armband? Lu Jiesen's little "random act of kindness" might just as
easily have gotten him harassed for "interfering" in the internal domestic affairs of China. How this video
is presented (and perceived?) is entirely determined by the interests of the Chinese controllers of media
content.
The answer is no. The "bystanders" did not wear an armband, they were wearing a strap-on that says: "In M Houston Azz We Phuck".
Despite having a population of more than 5 million, Nanjing is something of a backwater. This guy's act of kindness would have gone totally unnoticed in Shanghai.
I'm proud of this kid's act of kindness.
I bet u wouldnt find hospitality and care more than Arab's, am not doing that out of racism but it's a fact.
This is all lies. China is full of atheists and suppresses religion. China is all good. Religious america is the evil person
It's true .Foreign media often take China's negative news reported significantly, this for the Chinese is not fair. China insists the principle to be friendly to foreigners , and will not infringe upon for no reason. Every country has a cold absolutely .There are also cultural religious differences in foreign so that people don't understand the behavior of the Chinese people. So please don't literally make the conclusion to hate something.
free tibet!!!!!
I lived outside of Shanghai all of 2009, before the new crackdown on illegal foreigners in China, and you have not seen heart-wrenching homeless people anywhere until you've seen them in China. Almost all of the homeless, and there were large numbers inside and outside larger cities, have severe physical birth defects, mental illness, and/or are at least 80 years or older. We got the distinct impression that the Chinese shun 1) anybody with a physical or emotional defect, and 2) any senior citizen who has no family seems to be cast out to fend for themselves. We didn't have our pictures taken but we gave money to the homeless daily – and when four or five small children run up and latch onto your legs and paw at your pockets as their Mom slides up to you on a rolling board padded with duct tape because her limbs are wrangled and unusable, you've got to grow the heart of a politician to not let them make you breakdown and simply weep.
Love the people, hate their government, and am still relishing one of the best years of my adventurous life.
Some Americans act mean, and some act nice. Most Chinese act nice, but deep down inside are really mean...
China's not desperate for good news. Li Na and Peng Shaui advanced to the third round at Roland Garros, while Williams Venus and Williams Serena lost first round matches. China does not have nearly the homeless problem that USA has, because many generations live together and because of the ethic of "family cares for family." This was not a Chinese moment or an American moment. This was a human moment. The nerve that it struck was one of human decency. Chinese are far better off day after the economic reforms of Chairman Deng Xiaoping and the modern dam/irrigation projects. I feel far safer walking the streets of Beijing than of Chicago or Los Angeles. There are cops on every street corner – and I mean EVERY street corner. They do not have an unemployment problem because everybody has a job. Wages may be lower, but so is crime. I think USA needed its Kodak moment (pun intended, as Kodak is going bankrupt) because there is so little good news here in America.
....... well , most people know that the stuff "MADE IN CHINA" is the cheapest . so those fries were about 3 american pennies . so people there were surprised why someone would give away something thats basically FREE already.
I think it is because in China there are many beggars who are pretending to be poor but really they just try to cheat you out of money...
good 1
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Reading the comments on this article show what a typical white american is all about, cold and racist. I once saw a white guy spit in the change cup of an old black homeless man and laugh about to his friend. BTW, Americans have been starting wars with third world countries forever and carpet bombing their villages with war planes to kill women and children. Now that is cold. America is a cold place for non-white people. Don't worry white people, this white guy probably poisoned the french fries. Killing women and children is a specialty of white americans.
Muslims in the Mirror
Prejudice in the Muslim community
by Sound Vision staff writer
‘I never considered a non-Arab equal to me,' a sister once remarked. ‘I know it's wrong, but in the place I grew up in, that was how we grew up thinking.' She had grown up in a country considered "Islamic".
Islam is the most anti-racist and anti-prejudicial way of life. Islamic history testifies to the openness Muslims have shown towards people of different cultures and religions. Within their own ranks, sincere and practicing Muslims have always kept their hearts and minds open to their brethren, no matter what their background.
Yet, there is a problem in the Ummah today. Prejudices are not the problems of others. They have become the very sad reality amongst a number of Muslims as well.
This is not just on the level of small minority Muslim communities in non-Muslim lands. It is also a problem in "Islamic" countries as well. Years of nationalism in theory and practice have diminished the powerful universality Muslims cherished in their societies.
First the bad news
Laws and customs
There are a number of countries in the Muslim world, in which racism and prejudice are in full swing and justified by laws or social customs. These seek to exclude and shun on the basis of ethnicity and in some cases, race.
For instance, in certain countries, it is not permissible for children to study at a post-secondary level, even if their parents have been living or working in the country for a number of years. This is usually because of their national origin.
In other countries, discrimination is used to exclude those who are not the original inhabitants of the land from citizenship.
Discrimination extends to the field of employment as well. In some "Islamic" countries, workers of one national origin are paid less than others although they may excel in their skills, education, and experience. It has been noted that a white or black person carrying an American passport gets better pay than a person of Asian origin carrying the same passport.
Written and unwritten laws in some Arab countries prohibit Arab women from marrying a non-Arab.
We know the Prophet married women across ethnic lines, and therefore, in Islam, there is no ethnic bar to marriage. He also made it very clear, in his last Khutba, that superiority in Islam is not based on blackness, whiteness, Arabness or the lack of it.
As a muslim you should be ashamed of yourself.
Better go to Mecca.
You also forgot to mention that it was also the prophet who didn't care of te age range. But it think it started at 7 years old am i right. Maybe Sandusky is Islamic too...., since gays and pedos are accepted in the religion.
Hey not everyone's that way just because you saw one person. i remember when i was little my dad and the family were going to mcdonalds, and this homeless lady was there and came and asked for some food, he let her pick what she wanted on the menu. Oh yeah, and she was black, so not everybody is a racist white trash american. Maybe you were down south like in alabama, deep south were all the rednecks live with their confederate flags. And if we were racist why do we have Obama?Politically though, bad choice.
Wow the comments on this blog is like reading Goebbles' propaganda writings. The story is a great uplifting story, but you Americans turned it into an attack on Chinese and China. Maybe you people should look at who are the cold hearted ones. Thank God I am not American.
no offense but it's obvious that this is a publicity stunt, i mean then i would have a bunch of recording of people helping the homeless hear in the US too. China wants to look heart warming to everyone, even though they said they would go into war with us. And isn't there an economic crisis in europe. The E.U. was a "Great" idea, without it the european nations wouldn't be in an economic downfall. Isn't greece currecny already down. HMMmmm... yup proud european indeed. But yet america is still a sucky place, i mean they're practicly preparing for martial law here. So i guess everyone is at the same level of failure
Sorry I meant to write Joseph Goebbels from the Minister Nazi propaganda, you Americans. USA USA USA, go kill everybody
most of these people are trolls on blogs but in real life these people are living just as well or better than most of europe SO SHUT UP YOU RACIST COLD HEARTED EUROPEEING
I heard about French Fry brother some time ago on CHINA SMACK (online).
It is just as you said, in China old people without a son often must survive on their own. No time to tell what I have seen in China. I used to give the old women wandering at night 10 RMB. The Chinese would tell me, "You are too kind" Then make an excuse why they don't help them.
It is now a cold hearted society since the Chinese Cultural Revolution. No one owes anything to anyone else, and many Red Guard were the first to make money. The government should be helping them not the citizens.
China brutally beats their own pregnant women and kills their babies because they cannot pay a second child fee. Of course they are shocked to see any acts of kindness, especially to those that can't pay fees.
China has over 1.2 billion people and birth control is the survival of the community.
There is no proof that women are being beaten- you are such a poor liar.
Yeah i agree, i know they have birth control for the population, but i never heard of beatings to the women
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Americans are so annoying, its always a dick measuring contest with you people. America has many faults and everyone knows it. you people say that china is cold don't forgot how many civilians you killed in Afghanistan and Iraq within the past 10 yrs (110,000 to be exact in iraqbodycounts.org). The biggest Hippocrates on the planet. Mind your own business and focus on whats wrong with your cold country.
I think that can go for every country, there is no perfect country,if china has a good economy, that means that economics should be on her side, but it's not. Hear you can tell in the U.S. that it's bad when you find those places with a bunch of homeless people lying on the streets. Yeah the U.S. is bad but im pretty sure china's next with the whole econcomics issues for every government, especially the E.U. 's issue. There are governments worse than america, the dollar hasn't collasped but greece has so why don't you talk about greece.
Fareed has his head in the sand. Chinese need some good news? China has 3 astronauts at their space station, it has set a diving record for a submersible and its economy is doing just fine. We also have high speed trains here unlike the USA which continues to live in the 19th century because of political bickering. Things are looking pretty good here Fareed so your comments are transparent for what they are, the wishful thinking of declining powers.
The moral standard difference: In the West is love thy neighbor while in the East is love thy family. It is obvious that the old lady has no family.
It is the same reason why the West gets along with the neighbor while the East needs help from the West to watch out their neighbor.
What Jesus said 1000s yrs ago make so much sense!
Since i'm guessing your refering to ther bible, you do know that's one of the ten comandments, that was made in the eastern world , so you can't give credit to the westerners for that. And not the whole west can represent that. In some areas is love yourself and survive. Israel seems to lvie up to name but with the many enemies they have, i'm sure it's hard.I mean whose U.S.'s enemy anyway. Iran and all those arabian countries, the only reason they hate us is because we support Israel and that's a good thing in a bible point of view,.
"...when China saw someone from outside the country doing a nice thing on their home turf, it struck a nerve.
I have another theory. Maybe the Chinese were desperate for a shred of good news"
Isn't it the same thing that the guy explained? Pity on such thoughtless punch lines.
"Besides being popular on Chinese microblogging site Weibo, there's also been coverage in newspapers and on TV." Look guys, the authority in China is clearly using this incident to promote international friendship. They can remove it from the internet if they want. But, not only they allowed it they put it on state own newspapers and TV. I find it comforting that they promote a positive image of Westerners, because one day I am going to visit that country.
And yet, china will still threaten to go to war with the U.S. with Russia. Sharing french fries with the homeless won't stop that. Though it was nice, china's government really doesn't care.
Ha ha the funniest thing I've heard today!!!
Hahaha desperate for good news. This is good, makes Americans look good in the eyes of China. Or maybe its a stunt pulled by McDonalds by their marketing team. Either way its effective.
That way you don't one have China as a big word power! because they are still social underdeveloped, political wise civilians are whit there backs to the wall apparently, and that is not because of the Americans what I know, is that the word would by less decent social wise whit out the Americans whit out the unite nations.
The Chinese politicians are social retarded, civilians are just a number, in depression by government's picture control.
The reason of it there internal hunger for power, they have used the Americans only for there boost in technological and power structure and thy wish to overthrown all of Americas power.
you can see it like Nick Romney behavior, he is social unfit blinded by his ego.
people die every day because of his political game. I see nick rolely as A sicopad!
Look et his eyes look et his face look here the worths that that are comming out of his mouth, hey shud talk about the fight for unite global, hy only talks about I the bissness, de do not talk about moving forward whit globoly in the thime wen wen more and more savilions s begine to see ware The united nation are fighting for, its a shame that the Cinees do not on give in by supporting militarily whise the americans cevilions how are sreaming for help as ect agens dictator ship, Thay need to show there good side, they need to show the correct social vision!
But yea the have allredy shown the soical structure, and its not about cevilians and unite, for a bether world, So thay do dot deserve to by a world's power.
If you are part of the unted nations you need to suport the uited nations, I meen If a 100 courties say yes and trie countries see no, tho shud not roele the outcome,
but yea the only way that a problem can by salfed is wen cevialns are starting to open there eyes, and start to fight thare one goverment, dont fight for your self fight for eache outher, fight for globale freedom.
Over trowe the form of dictator ship, I main what do the one do, gone ther one cevilians down a govermet can naver win suche a battle, controling the crowd militerry wise, I main people need to meek a choce, you gione fight for your one countrie or you gonne fight for globel freedome.
remeber the word turns right, on the right hand we have the futher on the left hand we have the past.
This is sort of soft news. I just expect more from you. I don't think I have ever been more disappointed. I'm glad for part of one miserable day an American cared for a homeless non-American. But, where is the thinking? One pale comment at the end that China wanted good news. Look. Take a vacation. You need to re-charge. I've loved your thinking from long ago. Wait. F. Did you let someone else write this? Its still pitiful. Just please lets not sound like every other news organization with endless links to piff. I just cannot suffer that way. Look. F. you and your intern- go on a two week renewal break. Buy some fries and bottle water and give it to – someone homeless?
CNN's Fareed Zakaria – I think your theory of not having a better news story is stupid, unless you were making a joke.... Anyway, it was a nice thing to do and report on, perhaps they can encourage this type of behavior.
Hello, we are from planet America. We come in peace and bring free fries and Cola drinks! Eat it. Good, good....
Now all your bases are belong to us!
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some of you are such a loosers with the comments. what is wrong with helping an elderly person out...empathy people, you maybe on the street someday.
Where are the homeless shelters in China? Why did it take a stranger to feed that woman?
What about giving the poor homeless woman some FOOD! Giving her McDononalds french fries is like giving her a cigarette!
MOST AMERICANS ARE GOOD...I HOPE OUR REPUBLICAN BROTHER AND SISTERS ONE DAY WILL JOIN US.
This is a superficial stunt and maybe harming an old lady by giving McDonalds french fries to her. The last time I ate them, my lips suffered something funky from the grease that has been recycled 1000 times per week. That is not good potato and he very well knows it. If he had bought real potatoes, cooked them healthfully himself, and fed people that is something. Pimping McDonalds on public media is weak and disgraceful for an American and Arizonan, and I am a US citizen.
^Wow bro way to be a pessimist
The Chinese let people die in the street. Who can forget the video of a little girl getting run over TWICE by cars, nobody bothered to help the broken and bleeding little girl for over 30 minutes. She eventually died.
Was this in NY as well. The man was bleeding for over 3 hours right under a bright city light and no one helped him too.
There are many more incidents in China for certain since there are a lot more people.
Oh dear, the comments here are so telling of the type of CNN reader. So different to those on BBC.
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China is putting all their money in building homes for citizens and infrastructure.
USA is destroying homes of citizens and pouring money in bankers' pockets and less money in infrastructure.
A corrupt President is worse than a corrupt governor.
How are you sure that your statements are true? Or are they just inaccurate assumptions?
I saw a very sad blind homeless person on the streets in Shanghai when I visited years ago. I had some fruits in my bag and instinctively handed him the fruit. Suddenly and strangely, I had several people following me, and I was wondering if they were looking for handouts of some sort. One man followed me for about 20 minutes and when I finally turned around, rather than asking for something, he simply said to me, "You have a good heart." Everyone seems mesmerized at acts of decent humanity, yet there appear to be deep cultural taboos against helping those in need.
It really is true that when you look at Chinese news, you generally see bad news or propaganda, and so it makes sense that some would want to grasp for straws in this situation. A similar incident with Biden eating out at a small restaurant during his visit there had a similar effect. To be blunt, the Chinese government spends so much time demonizing outsiders that when an outsider does something good or normal everyone is so surprised that it turns into news.
I had an English teacher that taught us to do a good deed at least once a day. I love this man for not judging and just loving another human. There is an amazing artist matisyahu who has a song called "one day" if anyone on here reads this an gets a chance please look up his video on YouTube. I took my 17 yr old daughter to watch him for her first concert. Lol her step father was on stage singing and dancing with him and I have a 1 year old that was born to this song. I am making a difference in my life by being moRe caring and thoughtful. It makes me have a smile everyday.
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Remember this is the country where someone ran over a two year old in the street and it lay there and was hit once or twice more before anyone did anything. People walked past the dying baby and drove bikes around her and stepped over her etc. When the security cam video of it hit the internet in China the Chinese were sickened by their own callousness. I don't think this photo in the article was striking a feel good chord in the Chinese, I think its just another example that reminds them how cold they have grown. You would think however the video of the dying baby would have had a far greater impact.
So was he looking for a job?
He have her McDonald's fries? Maybe he was trying to kill her.
He is a spy.
I've never been to china, but I've lived in Guatemala City for a little over two months now and while the general population is on the whole very friendly and helpful, by far the most friendly and helpful friend I have met is a Chinese man living in Guatemala. He has been significantly more helpful and friendly than the Americans I have met. Even those who's job is to help my wife and I adjust to our new living and working conditions.
Zakaria wrote: "I have another theory. Maybe the Chinese were desperate for a shred of good news."
Just how stupid and condescending can you get? I think the Chinese with a 9% annual growth rate and US jobs moving over there at a record pace are getting lots of good news compared to us with a 1% growth rate and millions unemployed.
Where are the tanks? We need pictures of Chinese Tanks so that we can justify building even MORE tanks!
Empathy does not exist in Chinese culture.
Some Chinese are this way..but others would give you the shirts off their back
Well obviously this guy doesn't know McDonald's is an Evil Big Corporation that should be Regulated, Taxed and Hounded out of Business because they make good french Fries and poor Black people get fat eating them according to Michele Obama and OWS.
It is a funny thing to see how the States brainwashed so many people. For decades, they stayed in their own country, f commenting affairs in other county while pretending they know everything. They killed their own curiosity and try to kill that of others at the same time. So pathetic! If you wanna comment, you need to experience it yourself. Every coin has two sides, not mention there're so many people in China. Chinese people are diligent, and working hard. Why they do so? There're so many people and so little resources allocated to everyone, you have to struggle and compete for everything instead of hoping the govenment solve the problems. But we believe we can be better and stronger, as most of the Chinese are working on their own. They know what the world looks like, and they try their best to build their own country other than make indiscrete remarks on other countries and do nothing helpful for their own people. We're pacing forward! Look at you!
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