Chicago Group Beating of Asian Teen, Chinese Netizen Reactions

On Sina Weibo:

@YouTube精选: Outrageous! Recently, this “Chicago Asian boy beaten by group” video has been spreading on various foreign sharing websites: The 17-year-old boy not only had his sports shoes [sneakers/trainers] and wallet robbed, he was also repeatedly beaten by the 7 thugs! While bullying and robbery can be found in every country… At present, Chicago police are already investigating this matter.

12/01/18 UPDATE: An edited copy on popular Chinese video sharing website Youku that currently has nearly 1 million views and over 9000 comments over 300 pages since it was uploaded 1 day ago.

The above microblog post featuring the above video was posted just after 5pm today. In less than 4 hours, it has been forwarded over 2200 times and has nearly 900 comments. It is not “viral” by Chinese internet standards (yet?) but as requested, below are a selection of the Chinese netizen reactions and comments. Please note that in addition to the comments below, many comments expressed disbelief, outrage, and strong condemnation of the attackers.

Comments on Sina Weibo:

爽歪歪汉堡：

小狐狸戊：

Sigh, better transfer schools.

辣鱼欢：

Mr_Fixit：

Must learn some self-defense.

我叫尹小菁：

Where’s the Chinese kung fu?

志在权倾_：

Descendent of corrupt officials, deserves to be beaten.

Wai_Nam： (responding to above)

How do you know he’s a child of government officials?

往日寂忆：

Fucking foreign devils, overseas Chinese should stick together, or else they’ll always be bullied.

刘宗配音：

Don’t make this more than than it is. The middle school student videos from Guangdong these past few years are much more cruel than this. It’s a common phenomenon around the world.

爱学英文的克里斯：

Human flesh search these bastards. Fuck…

加个卤蛋：

If he’s the child of a civil servant [Chinese government official], then he deserves to be beaten!

DrDrr：

Fuck, American pigs.

响马屯：

Immediately gouge the eyes of one of them, and the rest of them will all be [scared] stupid.

孙巍律师：

I watched half of it and I really couldn’t watch the rest. Poor kid…

ck5000：

When foreigners attack people in China, no one dares to do anything about it either… It’s happened so many times now.

猫_Blue：

“If he’s the son of a corrupt official, then he deserves to be beaten”. This kind of comment is really unbelievable, why is the hate for no reason transferred [onto the child]?

美国代购-gogo：

Overseas students abroad, you must take care to protect yourselves.

王欢无泪大欢：

These bastards are sick, both beating and filming it, even uploading it onto the internet…

盐颜男子：

The United States is place where the strong prey on the weak, and safety in public can also vary greatly between different places. This kind of thing is very normal, it isn’t just against Asians, although Asians happen to have relatively weaker physiques.

军港嘟嘟：

Why [did this happen]? 7 against 1? Nowhere is there peace~

laiyx2001：

Every country has scum.

Ellis_Luk：

First worry about our own country’s school violence.

中华人民风雨同舟：

Throughout history, white people have always been inhuman! You think China are the Indians [Native Americans]. Whose child is this? Encourage him to learn martial arts.

Stephen_史提芬：

If you don’t want to be bullied abroad, learn martial arts… Laowai are all afraid of Chinese kung fu.

July-77th：

shit you Fucking American

清河卧虫：

Can anyone explain what happened?

Limochio：

All we have to do is beat up some Chicago person here [and it'll be even].

洋洋洒洒Patrick：

Human scum can be found anywhere.

DArchie：

In the video they yell “Chinese negro”!… Are Chinese people very black?… I never knew America was this frightening~~~!!

吴宗宪2010：

Beating kids is wrong, a crime. But considering the probabilities, this may very well be the son of a corrupt or naked government official [one whose wife and children are sent abroad]. In that case, I have to applaud this!! Well-beaten!! Beat him to death!! Beat him until his large intestines fly out of his anus!! Oh yeah!! I welcome all black people and white people to wildly beat the son and grandsons of overseas citizens of Chinese origin!! Curb corrupt officials from fleeing abroad!!

凡怒：

Americans have human flesh searched them out. Of those beating, three are Chinese. The one in grey is named Wesley Wu.

Joseph_Lyricson： (responding to above)

Fuck, that’s really quick… Requesting the truth [of what happened].

凡怒： (responding to above)

This thing is really big in America, they even have their telephone numbers already.

429105730_f20e9f：

Don’t let me see laowai right now.

Sunshine_Jason：

Strongly demand the local police investigate this incident.

开元真爷们：

Hope he’s a little Japanese or bangzi!

嚧小宇：

He was pretty fast running away.

无恶不作的小霸王_：

So a Cantonese speaker becomes a “nigga”

Cayenne-Z：

Fucking Americans!

Mini-端：

I hear there are already new developments to the matter, that there are even Chinese people amongst the attackers. A wise man doesn’t fight when the odds are against him, running away is the right move. Then go home and buy a baseball bat, maybe an aluminum one, then find them and beat them to death one by one.

細嘉tm：

Any place where there is people is scary.

valderfieldsS：

Laowai are all this vicious? Are they as vicious as our chengguan?

无恶不作的小霸王_： (responding to 凡怒)

No way, Chinese beating Chinese? Fuck.

BigRaymond：

I’m here to read the comments – - I wonder what the comments would be like if it were Asians ganging up and beating a laowai?

龚小7：

In this kind of situation where one is being bullied, one has to target one person. Even if you’re beaten to death, you still have to go after one of them. At this moment, you have to go all out against one of them, bite off his ear, and not let go even if you’re beaten to death.

哈哈哈呜哈哈哈：

A sharp contrast to how laowai are treated like gods in our country.

曼波哥：

Why is the one thing I keep hearing: “f*ck you nigger”?

selen_chan：

How can this happen?! So lawless!!! Hope Chicago police will justly deal with this and not cover it up. Doesn’t matter if this Asian boy is Chinese or not, we should all be concerned for him. These fucking Americans have truly embarrassed their country!! Forward this forward this! Let even more people know about it!

Tony_Stark沈琦伟：

Upon arriving in America, the first one one should do is spend some money buying a handgun and learn how to easy it. Keep it on you to protect yourself, in order to protect yourself against this kind of situation. The moment a bunch of overconfident thugs see a muzzle, they’ll run faster than even dogs. Even if you open fire and kill a few, you’ll be judged not guilty according to American law.

林延ping：

@美国驻华大使馆 #美国驻华大使馆 [United States Embassy in China] The person the laowai in this video are yelling at is Chinese, so everyone forward this to the American Embassy.

我叫洛梓潼：

How come the person who filmed this didn’t help him?

tenffy王小灰：

Our own people bully our own, much less foreigners. Always thinking our country is so strong and powerful, but is it the people or the government that has nothing to do with us that’s strong and powerful? Not many people understand this.

Jerry小乖：

To be completely blunt, in the eyes of laowai, Asian males are just competition for their jobs and Asian women are just there to service them.

小雯纸Alice：

TMD racial discrimination yet again, what are Americans so cocky about, a bunch of… I don’t even know what word to use anymore to condemn those Americans…

胡鸿希：

The comments are even more upsetting than the video. [Some of] you only fucking know how to how to make meaningless stupid remarks.

梦落长门：

Everyone add @美国驻华大使馆 [to their comments to forward it to the American consulate Weibo account].

小芹卓玛Mia：

It could very well just be the child of an official or rich Chinese studying abroad. If he’s beaten, then so be it. Even if they beat him to death, who cares?

christine杨：

Information of one of the hoodlums: Johnny J Li ，PHONE#(773)8231160.

christine杨：

The phone # of one of the thug’s parent: Wan S Lau (773) 8231160

christine杨：

The phone # of one of the white thug’s parent: Alejandro Palomino，Mother: Mariel Palomino。(773) 8935231

很多蛮牛：(responding to above)

Google has free telephone calls, as long as you have an American IP address you can go on Google and call a North American phone number for free~~ Do you want me to call and say “Your son is a fucking bastard???”

自我_Xiao：

Take a look, the vanity of Chinese people wanting to emigrate abroad, serves them right for being beaten to death! Anyone with a bit of national pride would not go abroad. Foreigners think Chinese people are fools. Foreigners don’t dare to be so cocky in China unless they want to be beaten to death! Why I fucking JB hate the most are those ABCs! Think you’re so niubi, right? Go out and you’re just like a dog!

可爱的Supe雷雷：

I wonder what kind of treatment foreign students get in China? Are there also people who would attack/beat them? Or simply look at them favorably with curiosity and envy? When seeing someone from Chicago in the future, first give them a beating!

Veranatay-詩牛：

More or less there’s always some discrimination by laowai toward Chinese, so I don’t envy living abroad at all.

梦落长门：

Possible offender: Johnny J Li (773) 8231160 3518 S Paulina St Chicago, IL 60609-1228 Possible Parents to this offender: Wan S Lau (773) 8231160 3518 S Paulina St Chicago, IL 60609-1228 Chi Lau 3518 S Paulina St Chicago, IL 60609-1228

懒人零羽Strobist：

On YouTube, it says 4 of the people in this are Asians, maybe Korean or Chinese, because of the Li and Wu surnames.

林延ping：

These seven stupid cunts have already been arrested, as well as human flesh searched.

小芹卓玛Mia：

Using the internet expecting the truth, now that’s idiotic.

林延ping：

WESLEY WU – grey hoodie, main kid attacking the man, deleted facebook. EASLEY WU – big puffy jackey with fur hood, blue striped adidas pants RAYMOND PALOMINO – white guy with no mask TODD RAMOS – grey and black hoodie JOHNNY LI – blue hoodie and blue snap back on DANNY HUI – dr

神策圣堂：

This is exactly why I think Chinese people, even those working in foreign companies, who give themselves an English name for no reason are all SB. Did your parents not give you a name? Even your laowai boss, have him call you by your [Chinese] name, and they will actually respect you for it…

御姐控Levi：

So this is what America means by “human rights”? China’s [pro-America netizens] should sober up.

發光二级管：

This kind of thing also happens every day in China.

hyacinth82：

This isn’t racism! It’s just a bunch of immature foolish kids!

梦落长门：(responding to above)

It may be, but at present we don’t know the reasons [behind the beating]. No matter what, I trust the majority of ordinary Americans couldn’t do this kind of thing! It’s better [for everyone] to be more rational, even if we’re very angry!!

Funny_苏同学：

Racism is not something that can be solved/eliminated quickly.

christine杨：

It seems like 5 of those in the video are Chinese.

christine杨：

We can only say that there are bad people and good people everywhere. ╮(╯▽╰)╭

频道堵塞：

Translation: Who told you to not stay in China, who told your parents to immigrate, and not obediently stay in China drinking Sanlu?

坐警官天：

Asian? Hope he’s Japanese.

stojakovic2006： (responding to above)

If this is how Japanese people are treated in America, the treatment of Chinese people may be even more sad. I think he’s Chinese. Asians are a small minority in America. This problem is not as simple as whether he is Chinese or Japanese.

坐警官天： (responding to above)

It’s normal. Forget America, it’s like this even in our own country.

吴卬：

Americans beating Americans, what are you guys getting so excited for?

陈龙zero：

Chinese people are second-class citizens in America, whereas Americans are first-class citizens in China.

What do you think?

Thanks to chinaSMACK readers Jeremy, Greg, samgyapseol, and others for letting us know about the video on YouTube.