China capital praised by Ukraine man after e-bike stays put despite ignition key left in all day
- Beijing ranks third in China after Hong Kong and Shenzhen on global safety index
A Ukrainian man has been left hugely impressed by the honesty of people in Beijing after he left the ignition key in his electric bike and returned 14 hours later to find it still there.
Yegor Shyshov has lived in China’s capital city for 16 years, but he continues to be in awe of how safe the city is.
On July 6, he posted a video on his Douyin account, which has 127,000 followers.
Speaking fluent Mandarin with a Beijing accent, Shyshov, 35, said he left the key in the ignition of his electric bike after he parked it at a metro station to catch a train to work at 7am.
At first he thought he had lost the key, but when he returned to the station at 9pm, he realised he had not lost it and was surprised to find it still there.
“This is Beijing. This is safety. I am so blessed,” he said.
