Update: Arrests in Case of Chinese Toddler Hit by Van and Left to Die
- Posted on October 23, 2011 at 7:39pm by
Christopher Santarelli
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AP reports that Police have arrested two drivers suspected of running over a toddler on a busy street in southern China on Oct. 13. The toddler died from injuries a week later .Horrific video caught by a security camera shows the toddler get plowed over by a negligent driver, and then ignored by passers-by:
The Beijing News and other outlets said Sunday that police in the city of Foshan concluded their initial investigation, and two men were formally arrested. Media outlets have not said what the two men were being charged with, and AP calls to Foshan police were unanswered.
The death of 2-year-old Wang Yue gained widespread coverage in Chinese and national media, and prompted “soul-searching over declining morality and callousness toward the sufferings of others.”
Police were able to identify the negligent vehicles after examining the security video footage.
For seven minutes after the first van struck the girl, 18 people walked or cycled by the bleeding toddler until a scrap picker embraced the girl and took her to her mother.
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Tipdog
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 8:48amThis had nothing to do with Communism and everything to do with apathy. It seems to be a growing infection in Asian culture to not care about your brother. I witnessed a guy on a scooter crash, and no one helped him or asked him if he was alright. They just walked on past him without so much as a helping hand or a concerned comment. This is Asian culture. Not communism.
Report Post »acovenantinblood
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 9:35amA culture not built on communism….hmmmmm…..
Report Post »etshoney
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 11:15amThiis IS the Culture that Communism leads to. It happens everywhere communism is embraced. It just takes awhile for it to take root!
Report Post »j369
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 11:48amNo, this is what happens when secular humanism takes hold. This is what happens when cultures lose their morality. Communism plays a role in that process through the removal of a cultures religion. Religion that is often at the core of a cultures morality. Additionally, communism removes individuality and reduces people to a mere part of a collective. This is not just an “Asian” problem and I’m certain many Japanese and Koreans would take umbrage with your claim. Especially North Koreans.
Report Post »Elena2010
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 1:16pmNo secular humanism is a product of the Enlightenment and post-Christian Europe. Secular humanism would have picked the child up.
It has to do w/a lack of Judeo-Christian ethical thinking in Asian cultures. Filial piety resides solely in the family and does not necessarily extend outward. Neither does Buddhism necessarily extend kindness outward — bad karma, paying for the flaws of past lives, etc.
Report Post »Thomas976
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 1:43pmI must agree, and there are many reasons for the apathy, most of all are the laws regarding liablity of drivers. For example, in the very free Republic of the Philippines they have a very similar problem, although you don’t see the same level of apathy, if a pedestrian is hit by a bus, since the pedestrian always has right of way by law, is is very common for the driver to ‘finish the job’ because it is cheaper to pay for a funeral rather than medical expenses. In any case it is abhorrent, but it is a complicated issue.
Report Post »mllyjul
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 3:22pmThis has EVERYTHING to do with communism.
Report Post »getalong
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 5:45pmCommunism is apathy towards life. So yes, what happened to this child has everything to do with communism. Devaluing life is what it is all about. Why do you think Europeans stood back and let millions of Jewish people be treated so barbarically – absence of God. That is why you will never find God in the communist, progressive or socialist agenda. It makes it alot easier for “society” to let mass killings (abortions) happen if they believe that man came from apes. But if we care patterned after God and made “in his image”, than life is priceless because of our God imprint. We in essence become temples of his Holy Spirit, and it is a tad bit harder for a government to justify to the people their right to decide who can live and can die. God reserves that right. To bad this younger generation does not understand this.
Report Post »royalseed
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 6:25pmTipdog, I lived in China for 7 years this past decade and married a Chinese lady while there. In China it’s the opposite of say Arizona where the pedestrian rules. In China cars rule over pedestrians and it’s the pedestrians fault for being in the road. After arriving in China, to my surprise Chinese socialism is nothing like western socialism. The reason China, has money to loan the USA, is because in China there are no, repeat no handouts. All previous agreements of cradle to the grave “care” (if you could call it that) before “socialist capitalism” (as they call it) enriched the Chinese economy, are now null and void. Go to the hospital with no cash and you die on the spot and then removed. Go to the market and no money no food. So no one would get involved and take financial responsibility as Elena2010 put it because it was outside the family.
Report Post »Of course it’s called socialist capitalism because it is all owned by the socialist party. Shipping ports, manufacturing, everything of importance owned and operated by rich, high position party members who share the wealth out of party loyalty.
Recently in Beijing, (party headquarters) some grade schools now have government supported free admission in some areas. Previously like the rest of the country every grade of school was paid for by the parents total sacrifice for their own children. Who in hopes would care for them in their old age.There is deep family commitment for this reason but no Bible, Good Samaritan public
hempstead1944
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 8:30amWhat are they going to arrest them for…..being Chinese?
Report Post »db321
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 12:53pmArrest the 18 that walked by.
Report Post »SFsuper49er
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 1:33amThe people that did this have no souls …. My mother Told me one time … A person without a conscious is a walking dead person …. Useless to anyone !
Report Post »Gonzo
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 7:29amNo, they have souls and their souls will will pay the price for this for all eternity. They may escape justice in this world but, there is no escaping it in the next without Christ.
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 11:47amZombies!
Report Post »db321
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 12:53pmFleabaggers camping on wall street
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 12:09amThey’re being charged with making the Communist regime look bad on the world stage. As far as the Chinese culture of death (one-child per family, abandon trapped miners early because labour is cheap) is concerned, a small child run over by two trucks and ignored by most passersby is just business as usual.
Report Post »The10thAmendment
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 12:32amBoth drivers are heartless, and there’s only one justice that fits.
Report Post »Chuck Stein
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 1:55amYou are totally correct — if this had not been brought to the world’s attention, it would not be of any concern to Fascist China. Sorry: “Communist” China (yeah, right).
Report Post »bullcrapbuster
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:44pmI lived in a commie country and i can almost guarantee that these drivers will get off if they have money for bribes. They will also have to give some money to the parents. a couple of thousand dollars. It might be harder now that the world knows. But under communism if you have money you can literally get away with murder. Life is cheap under communism. That kid was just “not lucky”.
Report Post »db321
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 12:55pmThen, I bet you can’t wait for Communism to come to America.
Report Post »hogtrashhd
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:19pmif this hadn’t hit the net nothing would have been done.. but it did hit the net and it shows china for what it truly is.. Godless.. they don’t like it when the curtains are parted to show who and what these people are.. the communist government likes it this way.. they don’t care that a girl was killed not at all.. they do mind the rest of the world seeing how it truly is there for the citizenry.. it’s brutal and deadly..
Report Post »Skee
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:09pmYou know nothing would’ve been done
Report Post »if the tape wasn’t leaked. I’d like too know
where the little girls body was buried.
Probably somewhere on a trash heap.
It’s OK, we get cheap s–t in return
Doctor Nordo
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 1:11amUh, was that supposed to be a poem or something?
Report Post »Right_Wing_Nut
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:47pmThis was the most disturbing thing I’ve ever seen and I wish I would have never viewed the video.
Report Post »OhSuzieQ
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:05pmMe Too
Report Post »jungle J
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:21pmyou must have a soul.
Report Post »rojotx
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:22pmI couldn’t watch the whole thing…..sad!
Report Post »Lesbian Packing Hollow Points
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 12:17amI don’t have a soul, and I wish I hadn’t watch the video either.
Report Post »GETLIFE
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 4:54amNo soul, but strong beliefs….
Report Post »j369
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 11:56amHaving children of my own this was just heart wrenching to watch. I keep wondering how a 2 year old could have been left unattended in a place like that and why the video never shows a parent come to the childs aid.
Report Post »ares338
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:35pmI found this video 100 times more disturbing than the Gaddaffi video. If this thing had not been recorded I doubt that there would have ever been any arrests. I’ll keep this child in my memory and part of her will always be alive!
Report Post »libertytreecaretaker
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:35pmYou can burn the two drivers at the stake right now and it wouldn’t change the fact that eighteen people just walk by and did nothing! Integrety is what you do when you think no one watching.
Report Post »rojotx
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:24pmyep just a’nutter gurl! They had other things to do!
Report Post »gogol
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:13pmThe parents run a hardware store. The mother was busy hanging laundry and didn’t notice that her daughter had wandered off. It wasn’t reported what the father was doing.
Report Post »ramburner
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:44pmCommunism=Collective Salvation=Obama. Coming to YOUR town soon! HURRY; vote for ANYONE rather than let Obama take ALL of our rights and our minds away from us! Otherwise, be prepared to watch our country die; just as did this little girl.
Report Post »The Divided States of America
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:28pmThese are a people without a soul, therefore no moral compass…Thank God for the Holy Spirit to guide us to moral decisions !!! They are no different than the soul-less creetons in the white house at the moment.
Report Post »JerryPat
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:21pmWhere were the parents?
Report Post »RRFlyer
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:42pmJERRYPAT you insensitive ignorant idiot. DON’T YOU DARE blame the parents when someone kills their child.
Report Post »wisehiney
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 10:03pmrrflyer – you still drinking coffee this time of night?
Report Post »Calmandcollected
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:17pmRRflyer, as a father of two this would have never happened to my children. Having lived in Asia I know firsthand that the cramped spaces and everyday hustle and bustle is extremely dangerous. It is tragic, the pain of these parents losing their daughter, but I know for damn sure she should not have been walking unattended in the road. The question posed by Jerrypat is valid.
Report Post »Depressed_American
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:13pmI am not much of a person who cries, however; this video brings tears to my eyes. My heart goes out to this little baby girl. I know she is with our Lord Jesus, and knows no more sorrow, only happiness and unending love…..
Report Post »barber2
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:47pmThat is the most upsetting video I have ever seen.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:53pmThat poor little child to have been left alone in such pain. No adjective to describe that . I hope her parents never saw this. Heartbreaking.
Report Post »JBaer
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 11:02pmIt was extremely disturbing. I cringe when I even think about it. So so sad.
Report Post »And you are right Barber2, something I hadn’t thought about… I hope the parents have not seen this video or ever do.
RN MOM
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:34pmWhat a horror! I cannot imagine why everyone passed this little girl by, more sad then her death was the callous way in which her neighbors walked right past her. I truly hope this publicity helps them change their ways. I pray that these people find their hearts and souls- life ain’t worth living without them.
Report Post »Str8talk
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:33pmChina’s values are not Judeo-Christian by any means. How do people walk by an tragedy like this?? Please explain to me how they actually sleep at night with this going on.
Report Post »Your Name Here
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:20pmI don‘t know what’s worse, the government limiting families to one child ir the government paying minorities to breed like cockroaches.
Report Post »wisehiney
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:20pmBet you a buck there will be two executions by tomorrow. Swat those pesky skeeters.
Report Post »franko58
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:17pmChina looks at like, “AH, IT“S ONLY A GIRL”. No value in a girl, they all want boy’s because of the 1 child law ! It’s terrible what happens with a goverment like that. Well, you never know, it could come to a town near you if NO bama gets reelected. This is how he, and his co-horts value human life. Were only good for a vote now, after you’re not needed any longer, oh well, GOOD NIGHT IRENE !
Report Post »let us prey
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:21pmFrank
Report Post »Good ole’ communism at work. They took most of these folks rights away and most of their religion. They have morally bankrupted the citizens. Sad.
acovenantinblood
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:13pmMy boss was in China in 2005 and said that they had passed a gruesome car accident on the highway where the driver involved was outside of the car clearly in need of care. Everyone drove past and when my boss and his colleagues inquired as to why no one stopped they were told that if they stopped they would be held accountable and blamed for the accident. They have been taught evolution for 80 years. Should we expect anything different? People always question the decline of morality but never point it back to the loss of Judeo Christian beliefs. People truly do love the darkness more that the light.
Report Post »American Soldier (Separated)
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:06pmAs an Agnostic that does not hold your Judeo-Christian beliefs, I am appalled. I would not have left the child there to die. It’s government and the law. It’s true, many people in china are afraid to help because of court decisions that blame the good samaraitan.
Report Post »Secessionista
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:27pmWe have many laws just like that here in America, and we have many judges just like the one in China who found the good samaritan guilty. We do not elect judges based upon their morals, ethics, or integrity. Most of the time, it is the most conniving lawyer in the party who wants to wield power and is willing to sell out to the elite party leadership to get the spot. And this happens from the bottom of the totem pole to the top. America is no better than China, and we are decaying while they sincerely ask themselves how could this happen. It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out that communist China will be a much freer place than America in 20 years. The trends will continue, we decay and they improve, and they will pass us not only by economic measures, but also by moral measures within 20 years. Americans will flee America to live free in China.
Ron Paul is the last great statesman and only constitutionalist running for president. America will not elect him into office and for that, the entire history of this nation will veer and realize it’s final “manifest destiny” – erosion into chaos and despotism. It will still be called “democracy”, it’s just that no one will want to have anything to do with that abomination of the term.
Godspeed, my fellow citizens. My only joy is that I will not live through the worst parts of it. My only sadness is that my children might choose to stay here and suffer the worst of our final days.
Report Post »acovenantinblood
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 9:32amThe only reason America has not turned this way is because of the remanant of Judeo Christian morality that has held this culture. I guess my Puritan theology has done you a favor…..Your welcome.
Report Post »Phantom II
Posted on October 24, 2011 at 10:50am@Secessionista, I have a home in Shanghai and most of what you say is true. I love the Chinese people. The kids are very pro American (not liberal America) and are hard working and polite. People really look out for one another including the police. I don’t know why we are making China our enemy. I urge others to travel there to see for themselves. There are many Americans that live there. There are plenty of places in America where this atrocity could happen and does. There are bad people and neighborhoods everywhere. China is the future. Where there is capital flight, there in lies the future.
Report Post »We do not have a leader who will turn this ship around, I’m afraid. The cancer is too wide spread.
Jezreel
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 7:55pmEvil uncaring people who don’t do anything. Sad to say, she is better off with Jesus, poor child.
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:15pmStill sad a second time. The parable of the Good Samaritan.
Report Post »Jubarnes87
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 7:48pmRest in heavenly peace, precious YueYue. I pray for healing and comfort for her family. May they known of his love.
Report Post »Whirled Peas
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 7:44pmThis really surprises me. The Chinese aren’t known for their sanctity of life beliefs. Why would they want to chase down someone involved in a toddler hit and run? Are they going to prosecute the passersby that ignored the toddler? Sounds like they got a bad case of NY ‘attitude’ (don’t wanna get involved)
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:15pmThe Chinese Government can always use more organs. Big Market there.
\http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9nW1ORx6-I0&feature=related
Report Post »ProbIemSoIver
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 8:16pm* I want to clarify, I meant the driver.
Report Post »QuiteContrary
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:22pmwhat about prosecuting her negligent parents? haven’t heard a word about what on earth THEY were doing the whole time their daughter was laying there.
Report Post »Secessionista
Posted on October 23, 2011 at 9:31pm“what about prosecuting her negligent parents? haven’t heard a word about what on earth THEY were doing the whole time their daughter was laying there.”
She was just a girl. Her death means the parents can now try for a boy. Political policy can have many repercussions. It was a judge and a politician that killed this child, just as surely as the van driver. People in power NEVER take responsibility for their errors and sins, NEVER.
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