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China Good Samaritans – landslip hero, delivery mercy man, long-distance rubbish mission
- In a world of negative news, it is refreshing to know that positivity also exists, the Post rounds up recent uplifting stories from China
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Fran Luin Beijing
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.
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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.
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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.
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