Beijing Subway Calls Passengers ‘Locusts’, Capital Too Tolerant
by Bing on Friday, November 15, 2013
by Bing on Friday, November 15, 2013
The official microblog of the Beijing Subway drew public outrage recently when it called passengers “locusts” for the trash left behind on its trains.
From NetEase :
Beijing Subway: A Mess After the “Locusts”; The Capital Is Being Too Tolerant
@北京地铁 [Beijing Subway]: #Civilization with You Hand in Hand# Open Discussion on Subway Civility talks】 The Line 10 subway after the “locusts”, a mess… The capital city of Beijing’s tolerance/leniency is worth praise, but sometimes being too tolerant/lenient also is the biggest denunciation. To those whose behaviors maliciously destroy the [environment of the] capital city of Beijing, we only want to say “you are not welcome here!”
Comments from Chinese netizens:
脱线的胖子： Those who serve the public have no right to choose who they serve.
张修茂:If “locusts” is insinuating wai di ren, then that’s wrong. Uncivilized behaviors should be criticized [regardless of by whom].
带上柳岩去日本： Are there garbage bins in the train carriages?
Related News: A Minority in Hong Kong Vilifies Mainland Students Studying in Hong Kong as “Locusts”
On October 8th, a Yunnan top scorer of the gaokao and HKU graduate unfortunately died in Hong Kong because of car accident, and a minority of Hong Kongers seized the incident to advance their views, even smearing mainland students studying in Hong Kong as “locusts” and smearing their parents as the “Yellow Race” [“locusts” race].
