solarz
Brigadier
I'm not surprised. Chinese education policy is still reluctant to fully discuss the damage the CCP did to China in the past. It's not the whitewash it used to be, but its enough that such people ignore what the Red Guards did and how those that didn't conform or were "different" were treated.
As I said, if you want to look at who did what to Chinese culture, the CCP made far more sustained and effective attacks on traditional ways and attitudes. Some of those policies had positive results, others were destructive.
If we're talking about the issue at hand, namely helping complete strangers in need, the Cultural Revolution era was far better in this aspect than the current Chinese society.
What does that have to do with my showing that the "I thought I might get scammed if I stopped to help" defence is bogus?
Because nothing in the real world has only one cause.
Nobody helped the little girl because some people thought it was a scam, others thought other people would help, and still others thought it *might* be a scam, but even if it wasn't, there will be other people who would help, so it's better to just walk on by.
As for your assumption:
If you can get a very small child to lie in the road motionless for any length of time, you've either an incredible parent or very lucky to have such an obedient sprog. Most kids would get bored after a short while and start moving around.
You're making that judgment based on your experience with children from relatively well-off families. If you ever traveled to China, you will see that there are plenty of children who have been trained to run all kinds of scams.