Girl’s death prompts moral soul-searching in China

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By Calum Macleod| Religion News Service, Published: October 31

BEIJING — Road inspector Guo Mingyi donates his modest salary to the needy and has given blood 79 times. He’s worked five years’ worth of overtime during the past 16 years and arrives two hours early to his job at a state-owned mining firm.

Guo says his “Good Samaritan” approach to life reflects the attitude of most Chinese. He insists that the tragic tale of Wang Yue, a little girl who was run down and left to die on a busy market street as people passed by, is not typical of his country.

More and more Chinese want to stand up and help other people,” said Guo, 53. The apparent indifference to a grievously injured toddler lying in the street “does not represent the true moral strength of China.”

Many Chinese say the lack of compassion shown to the girl, who died of her injuries on Oct. 21, symbolizes the moral failings of an increasingly selfish society obsessed with making money.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/girls-death-prompts-moral-soul-searching-in-china/2011/10/31/gIQAx3jqZM_story.html

Do not watch unless you want to see the incident. Horrible.

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