China Good Samaritans – landslip hero, delivery mercy man, long-distance rubbish mission

We all need a helping hand in life, and when it comes, it feels all the more welcome when the act of generosity is from a stranger.

Here, the Post rounds up the best Good Samaritan stories to come out of China recently.

Highway hero

A road maintenance worker sacrificed his vehicle and equipment, worth 140,000 yuan (US$19,000), to save 100 cars from a landslide.

Xiong Jinhua, who is in his 60s, was rescuing a broken-down car on a section of the Shanghai-Chengdu Expressway, in southwestern China’s Chongqing municipality, on July 11.

As he finished fixing the car, a nearby hillside gave way.

Xiong moved quickly to get the driver of the car he had just mended to speed away from the falling mud and rocks.