.. students assaulted in a foreignland ..

Molten Metal
By Molten Metal

BEIJING: Chinese internet users reacted with outrage to reports of a racist assault on six Chinese oenology (the study of wine) students studying in France on Sunday, while others denounced the victims whom they said were children of wealthy officials.
The students were attacked in the early hours of Saturday in France's wine-producing region of Bordeaux, France's interior ministry said, describing the violence as an act of xenophobia. Two of the three alleged attackers have been detained and are now in police custody, while a female student was seriously hurt in the face by a glass bottle which was thrown at her.
"How dangerous is France! We need to be cautious about going there now, and avoid going as far as we can. We should go to better countries," one user wrote on Sina Weibo.
One of the victims was the daughter of a retired senior government official, the head of the student's school said.
Chinese media carried report of the attacks, but did not mention the victim's political connection..AFP news.

Lesson : Females need to take extra care when in a foreignland.

By Miss Mimi• 17 Jun 2013 12:23
Miss Mimi

Drink lowers inhibitions but it doesn't make a person a racist.

By Rizks• 17 Jun 2013 12:21
Rizks

Firstly, where is the source/link for this crap news ? :(

Secondly, havent mentioned anywhere that the vicitim is a female ? :(

Thirdly, I think the root cause is the root beer ? :(

By britexpat• 17 Jun 2013 11:48
britexpat

They may have developed, but they were under control.. Drink helps release those inhibitions..

By Miss Mimi• 17 Jun 2013 11:28
Miss Mimi

If the feelings are inner, than they were developed before the glass of wine touched the persons lips.

By britexpat• 17 Jun 2013 11:27
britexpat

I don't think this is racist, but i disagree with your last comment.

Many a time, I have seen a couple of crinks bring out the inner feelings of a person.

By Miss Mimi• 17 Jun 2013 11:17
Miss Mimi

The cause is stupidity made stupider by drink. If the root cause was indeed racial issues, a couple of glasses of wine didn't make the people racist.

By Rip Cord• 17 Jun 2013 11:09
Rip Cord

Maybe the French drunkads had a bad chinese meal and took it out on the nearest Chinese they could find...

By frez.joe• 17 Jun 2013 11:09
frez.joe

Women’s make up & Men’s bar won’t change ever!

By nomerci• 17 Jun 2013 11:09
nomerci

Well, in a way it IS the wine. I guess the French are getting a bit irritated by the Chinese coming to France in droves buying up their wine producing land and using their recipes for making wine to reproduce it in China...I was told it is a "new thing" in China to produce wine....you know the French are a little weird anyway...;)

By britexpat• 17 Jun 2013 11:04
britexpat

The cause is Drink ..

By Miss Mimi• 17 Jun 2013 11:03
Miss Mimi

The root cause of all this is stupidity.

By Molten Metal• 17 Jun 2013 11:02
Molten Metal

The root cause of all this is wine ....

By britexpat• 17 Jun 2013 11:01
britexpat

They should have just spoken in German ..

By Miss Mimi• 17 Jun 2013 10:46
Miss Mimi

Or men could just not get into bar fights. Simpler solution for all.

By Molten Metal• 17 Jun 2013 10:40
Molten Metal

You'r right, in recent times the victims & attackers were foreigners ...

Easy to understand that it may be a part a deep conspiracy by foreigners against India.

By Rip Cord• 17 Jun 2013 10:31
Rip Cord

I read this, stupid french people attacking the chinese. I guess the only consolation is if it was India the woman would have been gang raped.

By Molten Metal• 17 Jun 2013 10:29
Molten Metal

Women should keep a safe gap from men specially when men are drunk ...

By Miss Mimi• 17 Jun 2013 10:25
Miss Mimi

I know KR. I'm thinking about going back to school now. ;P

By frez.joe• 17 Jun 2013 10:25
frez.joe

Definitely it’s only in france, it happens all over the world even in their own country, they must be sure about their own secure

By Knight Returns• 17 Jun 2013 10:23
Knight Returns

Poor reporting...The reason for the brawl, the place or descriptions of people involved etc. haven't been reported.

Its something fascinating to know there is a regular course on oenology in France and aspiring students from other countries interested to know more about wine..

By Miss Mimi• 17 Jun 2013 10:11
Miss Mimi

Were does it say in this case that the victims were mostly female? It doesn't.

From my experience it's men who get in bar fights overseas (and in their own countries) not women.

By Molten Metal• 17 Jun 2013 10:08
Molten Metal

People try to equalise male & females but fail flatly.

By mast kalandar• 17 Jun 2013 10:08
mast kalandar

But mimi most of the cases assaulted are females only so they should take special extra care

By Miss Mimi• 17 Jun 2013 10:08
Miss Mimi

There is absolutely nothing in this story that says that females especially need to be careful. The moral of this story is don't get in a drunken fight in France.

By Molten Metal• 17 Jun 2013 10:06
Molten Metal

has been a victim of whom since long , Mimi ?

By Prize• 17 Jun 2013 10:03
Prize

is considering the face value only.

By Prize• 17 Jun 2013 09:59
Prize

The timing was a factor in the crime.

By Miss Mimi• 17 Jun 2013 09:53
Miss Mimi

Everyone is precious. Male or female.

By Prize• 17 Jun 2013 09:53
Prize

Fully agree with you.

By mast kalandar• 17 Jun 2013 09:50
mast kalandar

France is not a safe tourist spot anymore better to avoid going there

By Molten Metal• 17 Jun 2013 09:48
Molten Metal

depends on the degree of the preciousness of the subject ..

By Miss Mimi• 17 Jun 2013 09:44
Miss Mimi

Yes, but why just females? There were males in the group of students as well.

By Molten Metal• 17 Jun 2013 09:37
Molten Metal

One has to be of aware about the surroundings .... you'r visiting.

By Miss Mimi• 17 Jun 2013 09:24
Miss Mimi

How is that the lesson? The lesson I learned is don't get in a fight in places where there are glass bottles.

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