Thursday, May 14, 2015

"Beijing police warn 'strange outfits' on subway may cause stampedes"

"Costumes and masks are likely to attract the attention of other passengers, Xinhua quoted Liang Jianwei, vice head of the Beijing municipal traffic administration corps, as saying."
"When a lot of people stop to watch, the risk of stampedes increases," Liang said.

Passengers should avoid forming flash mobs, the article quoted Liang as saying.

"Although such behavior is not banned by law, passengers should not be too wilful," Liang said.

Police will warn against "problematic behavior" when they come across it, Liang said.

Last October, state media cited Beijing police as saying that people face arrest for wearing Halloween fancy dress on the subway as it may cause crowds to gather and create "trouble".

2 comments:

edutcher said...

Microaggressions in Red China.

Whoda thunk?

ricpic said...

Microagressions? Try macroagressions. One after the other. Chinese history (unexpurgated) will make the hairs on the back of your neck stand up.

One of the many important realities Schmendrik would call you racist for noticing. It's why our elites are always surprised by international, er...developments. There's so very much they're not only not supposed to talk about, heck, they're not even supposed to think about. Such as the Chinese propensity for mass hysteria.