China Scene: South

Misbehaving foreigners arouse public anger

When trying to stop two foreigners urinating on a street in Futian district, Shenzhen, on Wednesday a resident Zhang Kai was cursed and beaten up by them.

At about 9:10 pm Zhang saw two men whistling and urinating on a pedestrian island at the crossroads of Shangbu and Sungang. As the Olympic torch was arriving the following day in Shenzhen, the city had been cleaned. Zhang tried to stop the two men but they cursed him in English.