Monday, 24 October 2011

Can one video damage a country's reputation?

Like many, I saw the horrific video of a toddler being run over by a truck in a Chinese market, then ignored by passers by before being runover by another vehicle. Sadly, the child died from her injuries.



I couldn't help immediately thinking what a horrible country China is, for several of its citizens to callously ignore a injured bleeding child. I imagine I'm not alone in condemning a whole country on the back of this one video. I know it's unfair to judge a whole country by the actions of a handful of its citizens, but we still do it.

China doesn't have the best human and animal rights record and I believe this one video is going to set back its reputation several years.

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