From NetEase:

3 men crawling on the ground in chain leashes led by a woman, claim to be promoting respect for women

February 8th, on Guanggu Road in Wuhan, a woman leads three men in chain leashes crawling on the ground. Amongst them is a man crawling prostrate on the ground, licking the shoe on the woman’s foot. The organizer claims this performance art is to show opposition against a male society, and call for equality between men and women.

[Above] 25-year-old Kang Yi (center) majored in oil painting in college. In 2005, he threw himself into creating contemporary art, and in recent years has been exhibiting throughout the country various thematic performance art. Amongst them includes exchanging slaps with someone who was suffers paralysis of the face and kneeling on the ground thanking sanitation workers. This time is him and his team’s first time coming to Wuhan.

February 8th, Wuhan on Guangu Road, a woman leads three men crawling on the ground in metal chains. According to reports, these 4 people are all young artists studying fine arts, and got their inspiration for this performance from the Li Yang wife-beating incident, their goal being to promote “respect for females”.

Kang Yi explained, that females as the vulnerable group often are the victims of domestic violence, sexism, and other undesirable phenomenon. This one work of theirs is mainly to slam the thinking of men being superior to women, and call for the safeguarding of females’ legal rights and interests. When this reporter inquired whether using this method was too extreme, Kang Yi replied honestly: “Art is always exaggerated, and only in this way can it attract eyeballs”. Photo is of Kang Yi licking the woman’s shoe.

Kang Yi and his people’s “performance” stopped many passersby to watch. Many older interviewees uniformly expressed that they didn’t understand what they saw. One old man directly expressed his disgust, saying “simply sensationalism, too disgusting”.

Comments from NetEase:

不不惊心 [网易加拿大手机网友]：

So putting a dog leash on men is respecting females?

网易甘肃省庆阳市手机网友:

Our countrymen’s understanding of respect is frequently to step on others, rather than raising oneself up.

blhcgq [网易陕西省西安市网友]：

I’m a man, I too want equality, but for decades my wages have been controlled by my wife, and my coworkers are the same, so women’s position in this society is not the least low! [This is] bullshit, and sick.

网易香港手机网友:

When you want society to respect females, have you respected males?

网易安徽省阜阳市手机网友:

This world is too crazy. Yes, we should respect females, but look at the things women have done, how do you expect people to respect them?

tgy1966 [网易安徽省宿州市网友]：

So this is equality? Bullshit! If you have the skill, it’d be better to go to a factory or a rural village to find some material to sketch. If this can produce an artist, then the whole population of China are artists.

实话直说 [网易福建省泉州市网友]：

Don’t care what kind of art it is, it should not be so filthy, stupid, and vulgar! Leashing people like animals, using a tongue to do such a vulgar performance!

网易重庆市手机网友:

Truly fucking sick. I never leave comments on these things, but today I want to say something, those guys, are SBs.
Respect should be mutual. Licking shoes, I really don’t understand what these crazy people are still wandering outside.

苹果兎 [网易河南省焦作市网友]：

If you want to play S&M in public, just say!

yanpingshuang [网易福建省莆田市网友]：

Young people are too ignorant, too naive, truly crazy.

What do you think?

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In 2010, a young Chinese man named Yao Jiaxin hit a young woman named Zhang Miao with his car. Noticing her memorizing his license place number and afraid that she would cause him trouble, he took a knife and stabbed her eight times until she died before fleeing. He was later put on trial, convicted, and executed in 2011.

From NetEase:

Family of the victim in the Yao Jiaxin Case demands restitution, gets in fight with lawyer of Yao’s father

February 8th after 11am, Xi’an, Yao Jiaxin victim Zhang Miao’s father Zhang Pingxuan, Zhang Miao’s husband Wang Hui, and lawyer Zhang Xian arrived at Yao Jiaxin’s father Yao Qingwei’s home prepared to demand the 200,000 Yao Qingwei previously offered. In 2011, Yao Jiaxin’s father Yao Qingwei’s offer of 200,000 yuan was refused by Zhang Miao’s family. With regards to this, Yao Qingwei said “the 200,000 was borrowed and has already been returned, and since they already refused it, I have no obligation to give it again.” At the scene, Wang Hui and Yao Jiaxin’s father Yao Qingwei’s representative lawyer got into a fight, and were taken away by police.

February 8th at 11am in the morning, Xi’an, Zhang Miao’s father Zhang Pingxuan, Zhang Miao’s husband Wang Hui, and lawyer Zhang Xian arrived at Yao Jiaxin’s father Yao Qingwei’s home prepared to demand the 200,000 yuan they had previously rejected.

Photo is of February 8th, of Zhang Miao’s relatives waiting downstairs to demand the 200,000 yuan they had previously refused.

Soon, Zhang Xian (front), who had previously remarked on weibo that he wanted to come see the face off, also arrived at the residential complex where Yao Qingwei lives.

Arriving at Yao Qingwei’s home demanding restitution, Yao Qingwei’s lawyer Ma Yanming (right) and Zhang Miao’s husband Wang Hui (left) got into a physical altercation.

Yao Qingwei’s lawyer Ma Yanming (left) tries to convince Zhang Xian (right) to leave the residential complex where the Yao family lives.

Zhang Xian being forcibly taken away from the scene by police.

As Zhang Xian is being taken away by police, he doesn’t forget to wave to the surrounding crowd and media from the patrol vehicle.

After Wang Hui, the husband of the “Yao Jiaxin Case” victim Zhang Miao, was taken away by police, Zhang Miao’s father Zhang Pingxuan was unsuccessful in getting the 200,000 yuan and left Yao Qingwei’s home.

From Youku:

Comments from NetEase:

网易江苏省苏州市网友:

Today I saw on other discussion forums a statement, which I’m reposting here: Finally understand why Yao Jiaxin committed murder at the time, as it is now clear [the victim] was unusually troublesome [demanding and unreasonable, as evidenced by her family].

jakeyhrj [网易四川省成都市网友]:

Wow, first,
I really feel sympathetic with Yao Jiaxin’s father right now.
Zhang Miao’s husband is really inhuman.

巴蜀汉 [网易重庆市网友]:

Totally shameless, they already compensated you guys with a life, and you still come demanding money!

wsfxnzzx [网易宁夏银川市网友]:

Rural people are very troublesome, Eight Stabs [nickname for Yao Jiaxin] was right.

wapty [网易重庆市网友]:

In the face of all this ugliness, I don’t feel like expressing a point of view.

黄石道人 [网易山东省青岛市网友]:

Already demanded a life, now demanding money, that’s just insisting on being shameless!

网易浙江省嘉兴市手机网友:

When someone robs you, they ask, “Do you want your money or your life”. Does the Zhang family not even understand this rule? I can’t watch any further.

网易香港网友:

If someone commits murder, then they must pay with their life, but when that life is given to you, then they have no obligation to give you money, a life for a life.
So you now going to demand money is too shameless.

网易山东省青岛市网友:

The notion of a life for a life needs to be changed. The injury that Yao caused is not as simple as giving a life for a life. This didn’t happen to you, so you will never feel what they feel. If that were the case, then corrupt officials could just give back the money and not have any legal responsibility.

网易江苏省网友 [lhyua8]:

Their son’s life is lost, and you want them to give you money? When they had promised to give money, it was in exchange for their son’s life. Now that their son has been forced to bite the bullet, you want them to give you money?

yishenganyi [网易辽宁省大连市网友]:

They wanted a life and now they want money too. He killed someone, and paid for it with his life, that’s fair. Yao has also served as a warning for everyone. I really don’t know what should be done in the future when encountering this kind of situation.

网易广东省深圳市网友:

Money is truly something people are obsessed with! No matter what, just looking at Zhang Miao’s husband’s big fat waist and Zhang Xian’s mentality of going there to watch the fuss makes me really disgusted!

网易浙江省嘉兴市手机网友:

Yao Eight Stabs, you can rest in peace now. You’ve used your life to prove that [rural people] are troublesome.

网易青海省西宁市网友:

Pay for a life with a life, pay for a debt with money. Yao Jiaxin has already been executed, what else do you want?? When the court was passing judgment, you were so self-righteous. This 200,000 was Yao Jiaxin’s parents trying to use 200,000 to save their son from death. The victim’s family didn’t want the money, only wanted Yao Jiaxin’s life. The rest of us were filled with righteous indignation, so much that the people’s anger would not be appeased if he [Yao Jiaxin] didn’t die. Now that Yao Jiaxin has been taken out and killed, both sides are made equal. So for the Zhangs to now fucking run to the Yao Jiaxin’s parents and cause trouble, they should be stabbed 80 times!! ~~ Create a Yao 80 Stabs! No one will feel sympathy for the Zhang family! You brought it upon yourself, who would care~

纯天然奥特曼 [网易广东省广州市网友]:

Looking at the comments, Chinese people are truly sad. The attitude towards Yao Jiaxin back then, and the attitude now. Haha…

无所谓111 [网易上海市闵行区网友]:

An unspeakably greedy rural person, coupled with a lawyer made famous by causing rumors, have shown me once again human nature’s ugliness, dirty to the extreme.

网易广东省东莞市网友 [dersary]:

According to the country’s laws, the victims family of course have the right to demand civil compensation/restitution! Criminal murder and civil compensation do not conflict with each other, nor is there such a thing where one can pay money to purchase a life!

lxg84726 [网易重庆市网友]:

Since the Zhang family has already rejected Yao Jiaxin’s father’s 200,000 in restitution, this is an act of relinquishing one’s interest, which has the force of law, therefore you have no grounds for again demanding this money afterward — You can’t go back on this as it is against both reason and law. Here I ant to remind the Zhang family — Watch your behavior, don’t let the world’s people go from sympathizing with you to despising you.

What do you think?

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On NetEase:

Father forces 10-year-old daughter to eat feces from public toilet

The above news clip reports that the father uses this method as punishment when his daughter misbehaves. The incident occurred at 3:40pm February 3rd at a shopping center in Hangzhou. The father had purchased some newspapers on their way home, which his daughter apparently threw on the ground. Angry, and with his daughter crying loudly, he dragged her to the men’s restrooms.

Several witnesses are interviewed. The woman in the red jacket says the father used a folded advertisement leaflet to pick up the excrement and that the father looked sophisticated and around 30 years old. The next woman wearing purple says the father first smeared the excrement on the daughter’s face and mouth. She walked over and tried to stop him but he wouldn’t listen. She saw the father try to stuff the feces into her firmly shut mouth. Another woman wearing dark gray says she asked him why he doesn’t eat the feces himself first. A young woman wearing black says the father repeatedly fished out excrement and tried to stuff them into the little girl’s mouth.

Bystanders immediately tried to stop him and called the police. The police officer interviewed says many physically intervened, some trying to block the father, pushing him away, others pulling the child away. “Such a disgusting thing, he had to be stopped.”

When police investigated, they learned that the man is a university graduate, from another province, and divorced. After evaluations, he was determined to not suffer from any mental illness. Because the daughter is not yet 10 years old and her father has full custody, the police let him go home after giving him a lecture.

Several experts are interviewed suggesting such things as the father possibly releasing his anger at his wife upon his daughter. A lawyer says the mother, close relatives, or close friends can appeal to the courts to change custody. The news anchor at the end explains what could happen in America, and that action should be taken to prevent this from happening again rather than waiting for it to happen again before doing something.

On Youku:

Vile father forces daughter to eat excrement

The above short television clip reports that this happened because the daughter did not tidy up the newspapers. The host says what is most shocking is that the father is educated, having even graduated from university, and that this isn’t the first time he has used such a despicable method with his daughter.

Note: The image of a little girl in pink used in the above news report is actually not of the daughter involved in this incident. It is an image from a 2009 incident where a 6-year-old girl was discovered covered with wounds and scars from abuse by her father. What appears to be excrement on her face are actually scabs from cuts and burns on her face. Certain online reports of this incident reused the old image, which has then misled others such as netizens on popular Chinese microblogging service Sina Weibo (example) where the many of the posts about this incident have the same image attached.

Comments from NetEase:

网易山西省吕梁市网友 [黄正东]:

What a sick father! Poor child!

网易福建省厦门市网友:

Fuck, this kind of thing and they give him a chance, its simply using his daughter as an experiment, what a tragedy, this kind of person dying wouldn’t be worth any pity.

pnxzx [网易广西贵港市网友]：

Truly fucking sick! Have him chopped up and fed to the dogs! Abroad, he would’ve been stripped of his custody rights long ago, and sent to jail, but “here where we are” [in China]….

fuernilo [网易江苏省苏州市网友]:

Beast.

mlliutianyu [网易云南省昆明市网友]:

This sick father should be punished by the law.

我要去爱琴海 [网易广东省惠州市网友]:

This kind of father should be taken out and shot. If he likes this shit, he should slowly taste it himself, the disgusting bastard.

rebeccasyh [网易广东省广州市网友]:

Scum, China’s children are so miserable, all treated as the property of adults. Little children have their own minds too, and they have their own dignity!

至尊黑杰克 [网易云南省昆明市网友]:

I registered just to condemn that man, fuck, he must’ve grown up eating shit!

zhanghuxk [网易陕西省榆林市网友]:

If this were America!! This father not only would no longer be able to see his daughter but would also be in prison.

夷山叨客 [网易河南省开封市网友]:

Human flesh search him out, and beat him to death.

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Mutual resentment between Hong Kongers and mainlanders is nothing new, and has been both long-standing and widespread. Many Hong Kongers look down upon mainlanders as being crude and uncivilized, while many mainlanders in return chafe at Hong Kongers’ arrogance and sense of superiority.

Last month, a video of Hong Kongers and mainlanders arguing on the Hong Kong subway circulated online. What began as mainlanders eating on the Hong Kong subway violating the subway’s rules immediately expanded to all sorts of resentments by both sides. Controversial Peking University professor Kong Qingdong’s subsequent public rant that “many Hong Kongers are dogs” only escalated things further.

Recently…

On Sina Weibo:

@港女廚房: A group of Hong Kong netizens donated money to print a full-page advertisement in today’s Apple Daily newspaper:

Translation of the above Hong Kong advertisement:

Do you want Hong Kong to spend $1,000,000 HKD every 18 minutes raising “double negative” children? ["double negative" refers to when neither parent is from Hong Kong.]

Hong Kong people have had enough!

• Because we understand that you are victimized by poisonous milk powder, we’ve tolerated you coming to panic buy milk powder;
• Because we understand that you have no freedom, we’ve welcome you to “travel freely” to Hong Kong;
• Because we understand that your education is backwards, we’ve shared our educational resources with you;
• Because we understand that you don’t read complete [traditional] Chinese characters, we’ve used crippled [simplified] Chinese characters below:
  “When coming to Hong Kong, please respect local culture, [because] if it weren’t for Hong Kong, you would all be doomed.”

Strongly demand that the government revise the Article 24 of Basic Law!
Stop mainland “double negative” pregnant women from limitless invasion of Hong Kong!

On Sina Weibo:

@叶落孤舟: “Had Enough! Collection” Ever since Hong Kong’s “Apple Daily” newspaper printed the [locust] advertisement, Beijing, Shanghai, Guangzhou, and Shenzhen netizens have one after another posted images in response, and soon various major cities one after another also expressed their unwillingness to be left out… Tianjin version / Chengdu version / Chongqing version / Xiamen version / American version, then a Naruto version, a time travel version, and finally a dove version!! Netizens are such geniuses!! (Images from the internet)

Translation of the above parody:

Do you want Beijing’s migrant population to continue increasing?

Beijingers won’t tolerate it anymore! [have had enough!]

• Beijing has already accommodated 20 million migrants.
• Beijing has already accepted 478 thousand children that came along.

But!
You still ruin Beijing’s culture, disturb Beijing’s order, push up Beijing property prices, have too many children who then take their gaokao collect examinations here, eat Beijing’s food and drink Beijing’s water and still curse Beijing as worthless. So please do us a favor, Go build up your hometown first, then come build up Beijing.

Strongly demand that the government revise the law!

Stop the endless influx of migrants into Beijing!

Translation of the above parody (which was written in Shanghainese dialect):

Do you want to spend 4 billion RMB every year subsidizing the migrant population?

Shanghainese can’t take it anymore! [have had enough!]

• Because you’ve come to make money, we’ve accommodated 17,566,700 migrants;
• Because you’ve come to establish a home, we’ve accepted 380,000 migrant children;
• Because you want to be filial to your parents, we’ve taken in 159,500 migrant seniors.

But!

• We have to put up with you ruining our culture;
• We have to put up with the accusations by your fellow villagers;
• We have to put up with the uncivilized behavior of your fellow villagers.

Strongly demand that the government revise the law!

Stop the endless influx of migrants into Shanghai!

Translation of the above parody:

Do you want to take out your wallet and spend another 990,000,000 yuan to foot the bill for the water company?

Guangzhou people have had enough!

• Because you wanted to speed up the city, we took out 700 million to build the BRT.
• Because you wanted to look new to welcome the Asian Games, we took out 300 million to foot the bill.
• Because you to do lighting projects, every year we have to take out 130 million.

Only except

• Some people take our money and eat, drink, and live large having us pay for it.
• Some people hold legislative hearings that then become price increasing hearings.
• Some people the moment they hear feasibility reports they begin passing the buck.

Strongly demand the government to amend the law!

Guangzhou people are not fish that anyone can do with as they please!

Translation of the above parody:

If you’ve come,
then you’re one of us [a Shenzhen person].

Shenzhen welcomes you!

• Because we’re all people who have left home, we welcome you;
• Because this is a circle that Grandpa Deng drew for all of us [as an SEZ], we welcome you;
• Because you the driving force behind Shenzhen’s development, Shenzhen welcomes you;
• Because you are the reason behind Shenzhen’s glorious 30 years, Shenzhen welcomes you;
• Because we want to tell all the people in the world, we’ve used “ying ge li shi” [English] below:
  Welcome to “Hometown Shenzhen”.

Warmly welcome everyone struggling to make a life for themselves to Shenzhen!

May all Shenzhen people a happy new year and all your wishes come true!

Note: Shenzhen is a young city whose population is all “migrant workers” from other parts of the country.

Tianjin

Chengdu

Chongqing

Gulangyu, Xiamen

Translation of the above parody:

Do you want America to have 1 Chinese amongst 100 people to be their neighbor?

Americans have had enough!

• You have no democracy, we do, and so you come here?
• You have no freedom, we do, and so you come here?
• We have no corrupt officials, you do, and you will bring them with you!
• We have no corruption, you do, and you will bring it with you!

Strongly demand that the United States government reenact the Chinese Exclusion Act!

• You denigrate our culture, and yet you come to study our culture?
• You disparage our lifestyle, and yet you come to enjoy our lifestyle?
• You attack our export of universal values, and yet you build Confucius Institutes everywhere on United States campuses?

Think the United States isn’t good? Then go back to China!

Naruto

Time Travel

Dove

From NetEase:

Hong Kong media prints full-page anti-mainland pregnant women advertisement

February 1st, a large “Hong Kongers have had enough!” advertisement appeared in a Hong Kong newspaper, expressing a position against mainlander pregnant women going to Hong Kong, as well as making fun of mainlanders as locusts, demanding that the authorities stop the “invasion”. A Hong Kong resident says this reflects some Hong Kongers’ views, especially certain local pregnant women who have been affected, but the metaphor used is extremely impolite, and doesn’t represent the majority of Hong Kongers.

Comments on NetEase:

网易北京市网友:

“If it weren’t for Hong Kong, you would be screwed” — Arrogance like this is breathtaking.

河北沧州人 [网易北京市网友]:

They’re right in their criticisms, because when there’s always some people who believe it is good there and do everything they can to go there, how can they not develop a superiority complex? Look at the content, it’s all a kind of despising and disdain. Sigh, the belief of our country’s people is to squeeze themselves into wherever they think is good. Where’s the ambition? If you’re worth anything, then first build up your current home, and one day, they will do everything they can to come here. Then, we can post this kind of advertisement, and we’ll feel differently then.

网易广东省肇庆市网友:

If going to Hong Kong to give birth didn’t come with a Hong Kong birth certificate, I bet it would reduce the number of mainland pregnant women going to Hong Kong to give birth by 99.9%!

ddcat0228 [网易北京市网友]:

As a Chinese person, very ashamed~

风流大河蟹 [网易浙江省宁波市网友]:

Some Hong Kongers are simply dogs, support Professor Kong.

我有我感受 [网易广东省东莞市网友]:

The mentality of Hong Kongers is already nearing perverse. First, after returning [to China], the central government had sought to change the law, but it was the Hong Kongers’ Legislative Council who unanimously sought so-called democracy and freedom, to let people who didn’t have Hong Kong parents to obtain Hong Kong residency rights. Hong Kong delivery rooms are about to go bankrupt. Several years ago, the former Chief Executive even said again that Hong Kong’s birth rates keep dropping and encouraged mainlanders to compensate. Well then, now there are more and more mainlanders, where the number of mainland children being born in Hong Kong are even more than Hong Kongers. Now Hong Kongers want to blame us, saying we’re coming to steal their resources, that we’re locusts, haha, fuck, what is going on? Now you think there are too many mainlanders, right? Well, that’s because your government doesn’t know how to regulate, how is it mainlanders’ fault? Ask your Legislative Council, what’s wrong with you Hong Kong people? The power has always been in your hands, so go change the law, stop pretending.

凌波伊布 [网易福建省厦门市网友]:

First: “Please respect local culture.” This indeed should be the case. Just like if you went to live temporarily in someone’s home, you have to live in accordance with the host’s living habits, rather than having them accommodating you! Second: “If it weren’t for Hong Kong, you’d all be screwed.” To the person who expresses this kind of opinion, I only want to say that without people like you, our country would still slowly but steadily become strong and powerful!

网易上海市手机网友:

The problem needs both sides to work together to solve. Even if one side wins the argument, it’s useless. If there’s a problem, put it on the table and let everyone think of a solution. Mutually yelling at each other only shows that people have different positions because of different perspectives and points of view. Wouldn’t it be better to work together as one to solve the problem? Why waste time like this?!

网易广西桂林市手机网友:

Because we understand you got rich first, we’ve tolerated you coming to the mainland to invest, having us work like animals for you, and letting you curse us as “northerners”; Because we understand you lack affection [for us], we’ve chosen to use less in order to give you more help; Because we understand you don’t know where you’re from, we try to tell you who is good and who is evil; Because we understand you are very realistic, we won’t beat around the bush when telling you: “Hong Kongers, if you didn’t have us, you guys would be nothing!

网易广东省手机网友:

What does Hong Kong owe you? To say something fair, Hong Kong’s success today is mostly because of British rule! Could China have done it?

网易广东省手机网友:

I think the direction of the discussion is completely wrong. Mainlanders going to Hong Kong to have children is of course wrong. But who is wrong is definitely not the mainland, but the Hong Kong government’s inappropriate measures in response and the many profit-seeking clinics. Since Hong Kong has already provided this kind of channel, it can’t blame others for using it. What is even more wrong is this advertisement being so obvious in expanding the issue and directly pointing at all mainlanders, even using “crippled Chinese characters”, “locusts” and other attacks.

网易江苏省盐城市手机网友:

Kong Qingdong said it right, some Hong Kong people are simply dogs, simply bastards… you think you are so superior?? Ignorant… makes me laugh…

网易广西手机网友:

Who can appeal to the mainland public to boycott visiting Hong Kong? I’ll be the first to support it.

From NetEase:

Hong Kong cracks down on “double negative” pregnant women going to Hong Kong to give birth

According to a Ta Kung Pao report, Hong Kong is cracking down on “double negative” pregnant women [for whom neither parent is from Hong Kong] going to Hong Kong to give birth, launching large-scale inspections and enforcement activities, raiding “child-birthing apartments” specifically serving mainland pregnant women.

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The seafood stall/restaurant with the sky high prices exposed by 罗迪微博, “3 dishes, 4000 yuan.”

From MSN China:

Sanya Customer Fleecing Gate: 3 Dishes 4000 yuan, one price for locals and one price for tourists

January 28th noon, Sina Weibo verified user “罗迪微博” broke the news of customers being overcharged for seafood for the first time. He posted on weibo, “A friend with his family of three had seafood in Sanya the day before yesterday. Just three ordinary dishes and they were ripped off for nearly 4000 yuan [>635 USD]. He said [the restaurant] was recommended by the taxi driver. A man at a table nearby had just pointed at a fish in a tank to ask about the price when the restaurant employee swiftly fished it out and knocked it unconscious [thereby forcing the customer to purchase it]. Upon weighing it, it was 5.5 kg, and at 1160 RMB per kg [>184 USD per kg], the total price was over 6000 RMB [>952 USD]. Before the man could start arguing, several large Northeastern men came out. He could only stay silent and accept his fate. Never mind the level of customer service, they couldn’t even live up to basic honesty…” At present, this weibo message has already been deleted.

A cartoon showing "Sanya" with a fish head threatening a tourist with a sword demanding 6000 RMB.

From NetEase:

Sanya officials say they will legally pursue those making malicious accusation against Sanya

January 31st, with regards to Sanya circulating the tourism situation during the Spring Festival period, the local government earnestly requested that the person who posted on weibo about “being ripped off” come forward and assist in investigations. A relevant official said, “Those who make malicious attacks and accusations against Sanya we be held legally responsible.” The Sanya government at the same time apologized for the “Zero tourist complaints of being overcharged/ripped off during Spring Festival period” statement posted on their official microblog.

Under the plate: "Sanya welcomes you." A fish is slammed onto the plate while a knife reading "6000 RMB per fish" comes down above it. A Sanya government official thinks "Zero complaints!" despite a screen monitor with "Weibo complaint" trying to get his attention and being surrounded by ringing telephones.

From NetEase:

Hainan media front page headline: Netizen accusing Sanya of cheating customers come forward

January 31st, the Sanya government Information Office held a press conference over this customer fleecing incident, responding that the Fulinyucun seafood restaurant “customer fleecing” incident, because there was a lack of more precise evidence, the investigation of the case has run into major difficulties. Presently unable to get in touch with the netizen who exposed this matter, they hope those involved can come forward and provide relevant evidence. Hainan local media front page headlines asking that the netizen “come forward”.

From NetEase:

Sanya Municipal Party Secretary apologizes for “Customer Fleecing Gate”

February 1st, Sanya city Party Secretary Wei Jiang Sixian apologized for the local “customer overcharging” phenomenon. He expressed that there indeed exists certain rotten apples in Sanya, will adopt a zero tolerance attitude towards incidents of customer fleecing, and conduct a serious investigation. At the same time, there have been an unending stream of netizens sharing exorbitantly high restaurant bills. [A netizen] “黑人光辉” posted on weibo posted a restaurant bill that only had 7 seafood dishes but came out to be 9746 yuan [~1547 USD].

From NetEase:

Netizen shares near 10,000 RMB bill from eating seafood in Sanya

After the Sanya city government department stated it has not yet found clear evidence of seafood stalls/restaurants overcharging customers, netizens started sharing their experiences of being ripped off. February 1st, a netizen named “黑人光辉” shared a seafood bill of 9746 yuan, while the restaurant involved denies having issued such a bill. The netizen Mr. Gao who ignited the Sanya customer overcharging controversy has expressed that he doesn’t want to be disturbed and has refused interviews.

After the “Customer Fleecing Gate” incident was publicized, Sanya’s seafood stalls are desolate.

Comments from NetEase:

chen4996 [网易法国网友]:

You say show your receipts. When there isn’t any, you make a fuss. Now there are people who have shown their receipts and the restaurant actually dares to deny it… fucking just how black [corrupt] has Sanya become…

我用脚投票 [网易加拿大网友]:

Been to Sanya twice, both times I’ve experienced being overcharged, though in different ways. May I ask the relevant departments of Sanya: Are you all living in a vacuum? Or are you involved [in ripping off tourists]?

鄂莫瑞肯 [网易美国网友]:

Maybe I’ve lived abroad for too long, just looking at that handwritten receipt/bill makes me angry. A bill of nearly 10,000 RMB, written by hand, management definitely didn’t do their jobs. All that tax, was it all fed to the dogs?

苍天右眼 [网易中国网友]:

If one person making the accusation is so-called maliciously attacking [Sanya people] and now there are so many netizens standing forward saying they’ve been ripped off, is everyone all maliciously attacking? The eyes of the masses are clear. When there is a problem, it is best to proactively go solve it, and provide everyone an explanation/result! Don’t become more and more corrupt!

南海渔民 [网易新西兰网友]:

Hainan is saying the entire country’s people are lying. The people there from the LD to the petty criminals sure are exemplars of morality!

干活呢 [网易美国网友]:

Keep digging… Fucking who were the ones who fostered this social ill… Behind this black curtain…just who is the biggest beneficiary… Are the local government departments all eating shit? …Back when packaging Hainan as a tourist resort… did you all just turn a blind eye to this, even think of tourists as money trees? So short-sighted… short-sighted rural economy… Were those leadership books all read for naught? …Fly by night operators [choosing to rip people off once instead of counting on repeat business]… the peasants may be uneducated/uncivilized…but you guys are fucking also uneducated/uncivilized!

网易广东省东莞市网友:

This kind of evil is not something that only exists now! I was ripped off before when I went 10 years ago. That’s why now I would rather go to an island outside the country! When calculated, its even cheaper!

Comments from Sina Weibo:

wanderland_小米：

Forget Sanya, I don’t even want to go to Hainan anymore… I used to only hear that some tour companies wanted the locals to help them overcharge people, I never thought it would reach this level where people are being ripped off indiscriminately!

加加的雷妈妈：

Those Sanya restaurants ripping off customers are shameful! Those government departments are even more shameful! Instead of quickly wiping their butts [solving the problem], they argue demanding evidence! I’ve seen shameless people, but I’ve never seen people as shameless as you guy!

Berserk191：

Recently I’ve often seen the media report on Sanya restaurants overcharging tourists, the prices being even blacker than a crow. Better bring your own food if going to Sanya again in the future, because you can’t afford to eat there!!!

Jonsen哲宇:

Doesn’t matter if this bill is real or fake, the situation of customers being ripped off in Sanya is indeed severe… Sanya’s government is at the same time corrupt and incompetent!!!

正野一健：

With so many both beautiful and cheap islands outside the country, there’s really no need to go to Sanya!

赛车手–泽海:

Hehe, how many people have gone to Sanya without being overcharged for seafood!? Every time I go I am fleeced, but I still have to acknowledge the beauty of their scenery.

ceci春：

Not to be taken as evidence [of Hainan people's characters]… Those who are ripping off customers in Sanya are all wai di ren… Hainan people aren’t as treacherous as you all think…

雯瑾_Victa:

No one wants to see this kind of thing happen! But none of us can stop it! China is doomed to be ruined at the hands of corrupt officials!

殷斐渥奥夫:

A lot of those running shops/restaurants there aren’t local Hainan people… including the bosses of hotels and developers. We can only say that a lot of people from elsewhere have exploited Hainan and ruined the reputation of Hainan people.

Royal馮：

Sanya, what’s happened to you? It’s all caused by those Northeasterners being up to no good.

沉在异世界：

If this place were to become an international tourist island, wouldn’t that just be embarrassing China in front of foreigners? Such a lousy [local] government has truly made this beautiful piece of land dirty.

迷塔塔：

No matter how good Sanya’s scenery is, if the quality of the people are like this, I’d rather vacation abroad than go to Sanya.

Have you ever been to Sanya in Hainan? Have you been fleeced there before?

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