Slaps stir up debate on conduct

An incident in which a young man declined to offer his seat and was slapped five times in the face by an irate husband in East China has provoked heated public discussion.

According to Youth Times, which learned of the incident from a passenger on the bus surnamed Liu, the young man was seated on a crowded bus in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, about 1 pm on Thursday.

A young couple - a small, strongly built man and his wife carrying an infant - got on the bus and stood next to the man.