ESWN translates a report on an incident in Shanghai, involving a suicidal woman on a ledge and a group of observers:
The reporter noted that whenever the crowd started yelling, the woman became more distressed and unstable. Here is the first item:
At the front of the police line, a group of female students were yakking away. Occasionally, they yelled upwards: "Hurry up and jump!" A middle-aged man could not help himself and said to them, "Girls, stop yelling! If it is a family member of yours up there, you would not be yelling. Would you?" The girls were surprised, and did not say anything more.
Among the people who were yelling, some were doing it for no good reason. A group of young men were laughing. Whenever the female went near the edge, they would cheer out loud. A blue-eyed, blonde foreigner especially stood out in the crowd because of his height. He elatedly used his strong voice to yell out loudly in badly pronounced Chinese: "Jump down (跳下来)!"
The woman did as requested and was later pronounced dead in hospital. ESWN concludes with a comment and a question:
The aforementioned acts are committed by specific individuals, and should not reflect on any race, nationality, gender, age, religion, etc. For the record, I have not translated the acts of good consideration and kindness recorded by the reporter. Question: what would you say to the foreigner?
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