In China, Video of Deadly Accident Reignites Debate Over Lack of Trust -
By IAN JOHNSONJUNE 9, 2017
BEIJING — An agonizing traffic accident caught on surveillance cameras has reignited a debate in China about a lack of values and trust in society.
“In the aftermath of the Nanjing case, many Chinese worry about the victims turning around to blame the helpers,
and thus feel unable to offer direct help,” Dali L. Yang, a political scientist at the University of Chicago who has written about the lack of social trust in China, said in an interview.
The Weibo user Jillna Chen wrote:
“If someone went to halt the traffic and called the police — didn’t even have to help her get up — she wouldn’t have died.
“If this case was only about the first driver running away after hitting the victim, it would just be a normal traffic accident,” said Zhang Xuebing, a lawyer
and a former law professor at the East China University of Political Science and Law in Shanghai.
On a report on the video by China News, a user called Zhuwu left this comment:
“It is not the onlookers but society that is coldblooded.”
Some say the problem is a legal one.