YueYue, Chinese Toddler Run Over in Street and Ignored, Dies

(TVS via APTN/AP Photo)
ABC News’ Michael S. James, Karson Yiu and Kevin Dolak report:
A bloodied toddler ignored by many passers-by in southern China after she was run over in the street by two vans has died, according to reports.
Eighteen pedestrians and cyclists passed right by 2-year-old Wang Yue, nicknamed “YueYue,” on Oct. 13 before one woman finally stopped to pull the toddler aside on the narrow market street in Foshan, Guangdong province, and call for help.
YueYue’s death early Friday at Guangzhou Military District General Hospital was reported by Chinese media and confirmed by The Associated Press. A cause of death was not initially announced.
The case, fueled by a security camera video of the incident, sparked soul-searching in China over whether the nation’s morals declined as the country chased economic growth.
China’s version of Twitter, Sina Weibo, has created and organized all the comments under the hash tag “Please end the cold-heartedness.”
YueYue’s mother has praised the woman, Chen Xianmei, 57, who pulled aside her gravely injured daughter and called for help.
“I don’t have enough words to thank her with,” the mother, who would identify herself only as Qu, said at the hospital on Monday, according to China Daily.
However, many in China have said that Chen did the good deed seeking publicity. Since the incident she has received numerous interview requests, and it was reported that the civilization office of Foshan’s Nanhai district presented 10,000 yuan ($1,570) to Chen on Monday.
Chen told Chinese media she was just trying to help.
“I was picking up trash in the hardware market when I saw a child lying in the road,” Chen told China Daily. “I walked up in a hurry to the girl and heard her groan. I lifted her up and saw that one of her eyes was closed, that she had tears in her eyes, and she was bleeding from her mouth, nose and the back of her head.”
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Not surprising this happens, china is a darwinian country and society, filled with darwinian amoral people, who wouldn’t blick an eye when inhumanity presents itself. Everybody in china has been told for centuries to mind their own business, they typically treat everyone outside of their own family as competiting predators. The bystanders who ignored the little girl, just thought she was just a piece of garbage, which is very typical for most of the chinese there.
Posted by: tellingtilikeitis | October 20, 2011, 11:37 pm 11:37 pm
This poor baby never had a chance. Tainted dog food, lead paint in childrens’ toys, tainted milk for infants. What can one expect from heartless individuals? My heart aches for the mother and weeps for the child.
Posted by: Velvers | October 20, 2011, 11:44 pm 11:44 pm
so that’s it, they just let her lay there? just when I thought I couldn’t be sickened any more something comes along. Did anyone figure how she got there in the street alone?
Posted by: lisa | October 21, 2011, 12:06 am 12:06 am
The silver lining in this heart breaking event is this innocent will not be subjected to the ills of this jaded society.
Posted by: aintitashame | October 21, 2011, 12:17 am 12:17 am
RIP, little one. Thank you for caring, Chen. Bless you.
Posted by: Meaghan Edwards | October 21, 2011, 12:30 am 12:30 am
FROM THE FIRST MOMENT I READ THIS STORY AND WATCH THE HORRIFIC VIDEO I CAN NOT IMGAINE THE SHOCK AND TERROR YUE YUE MUST HAVE FELT LYING ALONE WHILE THOSE WHO COULD HAVE SAVED YOU JUST WALKED BY. AFTER BEING RUN OVER ONCE YOU WHERE RUN OVER AGAIN, IF YOU WHERE THINKING ANYTHING AT THAT TIME YOU MUST HAVE WONDERED IF THERE WERE MORE TO COME.. THE TERROR TO THINK THAT FOR A 2 YEAR OLD CHILD IS HEARTBREAKING. YOU ARE NO LONGER IN PAIN LITTLE ANGEL. REST IN PEACE. KNOW THAT MILLIONS HAVE SHED THOUSANDS OF TEARS FOR YOU , YOU HAVE LEFT A MARK IN THEIR HEARTS AND SOUL FOREVER. WHAT WILL HAPPEN NOW? WILL THIS BE FORGOTTEN IN A WEEKS TIME AND THOSE TO BLAME GO BACK TO THEIR NORMAL LIVES? I KNOW FOR A FACT MY LIFE IS EFFECTED BY THIS TRAGEDY L
Posted by: SAMANTHA | October 21, 2011, 12:48 am 12:48 am
Are they human or animals? Where are their emotions? They can walk-by a left-for-dead person? That kind of stoic reaction, or non-reaction I should say, is disgusting. Where’s the humanity?
Posted by: E. Quinones | October 21, 2011, 12:51 am 12:51 am
This is a tradgic case arose due to many previous inappropriate legal cases in China where elder people assisted by the good Samaritan but was accused of being the culprits causing the accidents. It would happen in any society, if those interperting and applying the legal system wrongly and affecting people’s behaviour. It could happen in Australia too if a good Samaritan was legally and financially punished for doing good deeds. Yet, there are so many racist jumped on the bandwagon of prejudices creation and propagation and expanded it to generalise Chinese people in other areas.
Posted by: Kevin | October 21, 2011, 1:01 am 1:01 am
This is from the chinese source, shanghaiist.com:
“Chen has found the life of a Good Samaritan an uneasy one. It began, she said, the day she saved Yueyue. As soon as she was done pulling the girl to the side of the road, she went around all the stores in the neighbourhood asking if anyone had lost their daughter, only to be told to “mind your own business”.
“MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS”, that is the national motto of china and the animals that live in china.
Posted by: tellingtilikeitis | October 21, 2011, 1:07 am 1:07 am
Kevin, it would never happen in Australia, simply because there is no darwinian “only the strongest survive, all else must died” culture among australians to “mind their own business” as there is in china. For centuries, chinese have regarded anyone outside of their own family and relatives as either: 1. higher ranking people whom one must obey, patronize, or ingratiate, in order to achieve secondary gain and personal advancement, or 2. lower ranking sub-humans/non-humans that can be degraded or treated like garbage. Obviously, these 18 chinese passerbys are simply doing what most chinese would have done–namely, ignore the dying girl like a piece of used-up filthy street garbage.
Posted by: tellingtilikeitis | October 21, 2011, 1:16 am 1:16 am
It is not so much that some claim that there is a “lack of morals” amongst the chinese. It is absolutely accurate to say that this behaviour represents the “TRUE” morals of the chinese. It is absolutely the true character of the chinese to ignore the helpless, unless they are your own relatives, and even so, only if there is some kind of monetary gain or some kind of advantage that can be gained. There are morals among the chinese, it’s just that those morals have nothing in common with the morals of caucasian people or western culture.
Posted by: tellingitlikeitis | October 21, 2011, 1:30 am 1:30 am
Heck, here in the US, the cops woulda showed up and tazed the kid for lying in the road
Posted by: JoeCOP | October 21, 2011, 1:33 am 1:33 am
Naw, even an animal would have a bit more compassion.
And then Chen is accused of helping for publicity?
Sickening.
Posted by: A mom | October 21, 2011, 1:39 am 1:39 am
RIP little Angel. She found her peace there in Heaven.
Posted by: jeny | October 21, 2011, 2:22 am 2:22 am
I am honestly ashamed to be chinese right now. To say that every chinese person has no morals is not true since I believe my parents have taught me well. Then again I was also raised in America, which I also give credit to how my morals have developed. I am not defending the chinese, and I praise Chen for doing what she did. She deserves to be respected, but the amount of praise she has gotten is way beyond what one would deserve if this had happened in America. It truly is simply having a good heart and doing what is right, which is what she did. The fact that the chinese (and everyone else) have given her so much credit simply for moving the child to the curb truly shows how low their level of morality is. RIP yueyue.
Posted by: akl | October 21, 2011, 2:41 am 2:41 am
Having watched it all play out on video I was not surprised. Mankind is anything but kind sometimes. But this was probably the worst example ever. Kitty Genovese was killed with people walking on by and it happens everywhere. But how people could be so careless over the suffering of a 2 years old lying in her own blood crying… it’s sick – to the core. I am sorry little Yue Yue, the adults failed you. May you now feel no pain. Your parents will miss you and your life will never be forgotten by many others. <3
Posted by: Kata | October 21, 2011, 2:56 am 2:56 am
I am so saddened by this and wish that it was just a bad movie…gosh have we as humans not learnt anything at all. How can this happen and most of all to such an innocent babe. I have a 15 month old son and just cannot imagine the pain her parents are going through. Little Yueyue I am so sorry that you are gone but rest assured little one you will be remembered by thousands and hopefully humanity will pull together to become better and more serving to each other. Rest in peace, you are very loved!!!
Posted by: karen | October 21, 2011, 3:01 am 3:01 am
Asham Chinese people, I know in many cases, Asia, we live in condense land, high competition, selfishness society, and modernized or Westernized to be blamed, we all try to catch up with the world, like America did, ignore the basic foundation of human life, kindness, compassion, love, caring, and generous but everything else dictates the worse of human nature.
Is this the world we come to? China or in most Asian countries,they were not like this. We had so much warm, family, love, caring now suddenly we are no different walking on the street in America.
It has been sad, but today is worse for everyone across the globe, we people lost that human, we all care of money, politic, power, benefit, incident, high, and you name it.
Yue Yue has taught everyone a wakeup lesson, she lost her life, her future for all of us. OMG, this is very depressing, I am ashame those call themselves Chinese who share this evil and irresponsible behavior.
I am not, I would risk my life for this little lovely baby, elderly women/men, women. Oh, that’s not reflect me although I am ethnic Chinese but I am glad I wasn’t from there. I would feel more ashamed. We, in our culture, need to learn to be lose, less on numbers, and more on quality of lives.
Posted by: Chinese American | October 21, 2011, 3:20 am 3:20 am
Hi, I am from Malaysia. The story of Yue Yue and how the adults failed her became daily topic in here.
We will remember you forever.Rest in peace.
Posted by: Iskandar | October 21, 2011, 3:28 am 3:28 am
This story will scar me for the rest of my life – I can’t believe what cruel and barbaric people the Chinese seem to be – ahead in business but totally backward in morals. Rest in peace little Yue Yue.xxx
Posted by: Julia | October 21, 2011, 3:56 am 3:56 am
You know, this happened in New York a couple of years ago. Go to San Francisco on any given day and you will see drunks passed out but no body stops. Every one of you has an instance that can relate to this. This a a global embarressment, not a Chinese one. We stopped caring about individuals decades ago. Whether you believe in God or not, humanity needs to start caring again. Faith should encourage you to do the right thing. Stop and start caring about people again you people that would pass by this. Rest in peace sweetheart….
Posted by: Joe | October 21, 2011, 4:01 am 4:01 am
Little girl yue yue…thank you. You’ve touched many hearts across nation and tribes. I hope a lot of people will learn. Learn not to be wreckless driver, learn that ignorance of d suffer will only caused never ending regret. The passerby act as if they will never need help from others n there’s no God who sees all…but I know the passerby have learned their lesson n have a never ending regret. N for d wreckless driver may he dies in slow painful way for what he has caused. I know now yue yue is playing happily in heaven
Posted by: sita | October 21, 2011, 4:48 am 4:48 am
It is so sad to see the pictures. One of poor Yue Yue standing alone in the street and the next lying there after being hit. I hold an even lesser opinion of humanity, which wasn’t very high before, after reading what happened to this poor child. You will never have to deal with man’s inhumanity now, little Yue Yue. Rest In Peace little one. May Karma pay back those who hurt and ignored you!
Posted by: Joan | October 21, 2011, 5:01 am 5:01 am
it makes me sick of the stories i read here in the states about the homeless getting beat up or hit with objects for “fun” by idiot kids, the shameless robberies on the elderly. i can give more examples but i would run out of space. now i know that some people being heartless is not only a national but an worldwide epidemic as well.
Posted by: g | October 21, 2011, 5:24 am 5:24 am
Ruthless Heartless scums..Zero Conscience,Morality and Culture value.Tainted milk and food ,Fake egg,,recycled oil from drain, using shoe shine to enhance food appearance,skinning animal alive … too many to name. Please contemplate, Is this the Culture we want.Time to wakeup and act now. Yue Yue your tears, pain and suffering are shared by all good Beings throughout the Universe and rekindle compassion and humanity in this ruthless and heartless samsaric world.
If only we threat others Child,Parent and Relatives as our own, this will be a better world.
Yue Yue you are our Symbol of hope in humanity. I will continue pray for your well being and all those who suffer.
Posted by: UnfailialsonP% | October 21, 2011, 5:28 am 5:28 am
Tellingitlikeitisn’t wrote: “Not surprising this happens, china is a darwinian country and society, filled with darwinian amoral people,” ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Wow! Bigotry and scientific ignorance all in one post. Strong work, there!
Posted by: Minorkey1 | October 21, 2011, 5:31 am 5:31 am
The chinese are a disgusting race that unfortunately will be dominant in years to come. Once they become the most powerful nation on earth; all real emotion and living as we know it will cease and the robotic, unfeeling idiocy of the this incident will become even more common. It really is a shame that the most societally and creatively stunted nation will prevail. Long live boredom and a lack of compassion…not
Posted by: Briliant Zen | October 21, 2011, 5:33 am 5:33 am
Sickening culture who lack compassion (yet expect other cultures to be compassionate towards them)! We let them into our own countries to share our homes with them, and they even spit on our culture and quite proudly too! On our roads they ignore you and the rules and couldn’t give a Sh#* because it’s all about them. When approached for wrongdoing, they stare blankly and say, “wha? wha? I no speaka the english” – yet when it comes to scumming money off us, they certainly know how to ‘speaka the English’ then!! China should be sunk to the bottom of the sea for all the damage it has caused the rest of the planet; they are a danger to even themselves – end of story!
Posted by: Sick of idiots | October 21, 2011, 5:55 am 5:55 am
the police have the tag off of the MURDERERS van
he murdered a child,1 bullet takes care of this problem
Posted by: j | October 21, 2011, 6:30 am 6:30 am
THE CHINESE NEED GOD
The worst part is the majority of the Chinese are saying the helper was seeking publicity thats why she helped, oooooooooh God can a people be more shallow!
Posted by: Doreen | October 21, 2011, 6:42 am 6:42 am
This would never happen in Zimbabwe now we ask who is more developed?
Posted by: dee | October 21, 2011, 6:44 am 6:44 am
i cant believe this. its makes my heart sick. i have kids and the thought that they would be looked at and not helped has me vomit. what have we come too that we dont help others. those people should be punished as much as the driver. they too did nothing to help that child who died thinking she was less than nothing. and where is this childs mother and father? i know girls are not treated the same as boys but to let her die ???? come on …
Posted by: isabel | October 21, 2011, 7:49 am 7:49 am
My heart goes out to the mom and dad of this little girl. It is difficult to watch a child this small while working. They can get themselves in trouble so quickly.
We all need to learn from this tragedy. In China as well as here in the U.S. we need to realize that driving a vehicle fast when in areas that your site line isn’t good, should mean much slower driving. Too often on the twisty roads where I live, people drive much faster than the speed limit as they learn to handle the curves at higher speeds. But your speed should be determined by how fast you could stop your car if there was a person, child or animal in the road. Respect those speed limit signs, they have been calculated for safety .
Secondly, the lack of respect for human life needs to be examined here and in China. Does living in crowded conditions create this problem, as has been seen among lab animals in crowding experiments, or have our morals been compromised by the ‘heroes’ of our day switching from past actual brave individuals to wealthy athletes, actors, singers and those famous for being on reality tv.?
Posted by: Librarian53 | October 21, 2011, 8:15 am 8:15 am
Dont be ashamed to be Chinese ( a post I read here). This is a human civilization problem, its been encountered in every country of this world. We need to be better human beings, and more civilized. Our societies, regardless of your religion or political leaning, depend on how we help each other.
Posted by: Medellin | October 21, 2011, 8:18 am 8:18 am
Doreen- “this would never happen in Zimbabwe” – NOPE, Zimbabwe just kills people for their sexual orientation, or anyone assisting a person with a different sexual orientation. You call that civilized?? Give me a break.
Posted by: Medellin | October 21, 2011, 8:22 am 8:22 am
China… an overpopulated country…1.3 BILLION units. How valuable is human life in china? They are a colony of ants. Worker ants are expendable. Certainly, their babies are. They pollute themselves… they kill their female children. They generally look upon non-chinese as occidental barbarians, as moving obstructions.
They gave their own children milk tainted with the melamine, a TOXIC poison and they shipped it internationally. They exported and permitted to be sold to OUR children many, many toy-lines painted with lead-based paints. This included Thomas the Train, Mattel toys, Barbie dolls, children’s fashion sunglasses, potty seats, Barbie dolls, Big Bird and Elmo dolls, Curious George dolls, and some Fisher-Price toys. They substituted a constituent of antifreeze in two brands of toothpastes placed on European shelves as a cheaper substitute for a thickener. An apathetic, egocentric ‘culture’. china as a WHOLE exports its low regard for human life in the quality of the products of many of its businesses.
Why we ever sparred/contested with the Russian people and those of what was once the ‘Eastern-Bloc” countries, I’ll never know when our common enemy is on their eastern frontier. One of the Nazi’s motivations for European domination was the concept of Lebensraum, or ‘living space’ for the German people. Does anyone think that the chinese would not be very happy if we just sort of disappeared? Wait and see. China is the enemy.
As we know, it was not the initial occurrence (even though it was through inattentive negligence), but the aftermath. HE THEN RAN OVER THE BABY AGAIN, ON PURPOSE!! Then, people looked down on a tiny body and walked away.
This cannot be compared to Kitty Genovese or Hugo Tale-Yax, or any quasi-similar occurrence in this country. In those cases, it was an adult at risk and bystanders might have assumed some danger to themselves should they have intervened (not that I agree). This was a CHILD… a little BABY that these animals allowed to lie alone, hurt and (God forbid that she was conscious) frightened in the street!!
It’s time for the world to declare economic war on this ant colony. When you plan on purchasing an item, look to see where it was made. If it was ‘Made in China’ buy an equivalent item made anywhere else.
Ah hah!! Now I understand why no one stopped to help the toddler. IT WAS RAINING!
My condolences to the parents and the righteous, moral people of china… wherever you are.
Posted by: Spitting into the Wind | October 21, 2011, 8:24 am 8:24 am
very sad agree with everyone but maybe if it was a boy things would be different sounds mean but since they like boys beter stupid ba stards
Posted by: jena | October 21, 2011, 8:44 am 8:44 am
With regard to one of the comments Posted by: tellingtilikeitis — Darwin was a great biologist and a great observer of nature and nature’s laws. I think people who undermine Charles Darwin never understood the concepts Darwin was trying to convey. I’ve been the greatest admirer of Darwin since I was 14 years old after reading the Voyage of the Beagle. Most Chinese from that region of China are ignorant peasants, unorganized, and they created the massive CLUTTER on the streets and that’s the real reason why the little girl was ran over by 2 trucks.
Please don’t blame Charles Darwin for the messy crowded streets, which is the real cause. That kind of accident is inevitable, especially when surrounded by CLUTTER and CONGESTION. The solution is to widen the roads and levy fines for jay walking. Furthermore, they need to fine store owners for piling up garbage on the streets and for piling up store inventories on public roads. And the mother should be held criminally responsible for neglect and allowing her little child to wander on the street. Darwin has nothing to do with the peasants’ responsibilities.
Posted by: Faye Ho | October 21, 2011, 9:02 am 9:02 am
THIS IS THE HEIGHT OF MEANNESS AND SELFISHNESS. I think ANIMAL Chinese have Problem in their Vision because of small eyes, Chinese are very Self center people as ruled by dictators and this shows how mean a person can be and they are animals.
Posted by: SAM | October 21, 2011, 9:03 am 9:03 am
And according to the story on CNN….NOW people are offering help to the family by sending in donations and such……day late and a dollar short no? Don’t ya think that helping the child as she was dying would have been better rather than helping the family AFTER she’s dead? idiots.
Posted by: Manda | October 21, 2011, 9:15 am 9:15 am
EQuinones: “Are they human or animals? Where are their emotions? They can walk-by a left-for-dead person? That kind of stoic reaction, or non-reaction I should say, is disgusting. Where’s the humanity?”…..They’re not animals. Animals are smarter, and have more compassion that most humans, these days.
Posted by: Christine | October 21, 2011, 9:20 am 9:20 am
Well, everything is made in China, from iphone to the leather on your couch. I recalled how in 2008, Hu Jintao’s government had to teach the people of Beijing not to spit in public but to use the free tissues issued by the government (to cab drivers) & declared a day in a week for them to queue for buses & public transports in preparation for the 2008 Olympics and i thought that was bad, and now this? Chinese overseas, please return home & make a change?
Posted by: Mike Tan | October 21, 2011, 9:29 am 9:29 am
Eventhough the woman, Chen, obviously had the same mentality/behavior like Tellingitlikeitis commented before she actually DID something. She hesitated, look around, approached cautiously, walk away for a short distance, came back (probably heard the child), yell for help, and finally pulled the child away. Her compassion for the child took over whatever hardness or coldness learned behavior of the society. Hopefully they would changed once they see value & hope each human being. Not just in their country but hopefully in every country including USA. My respect to Chen, and sympathy to the family & friends of Yue Yue, My Yue Yue rest in peace and play happily in the field and company in Heaven.
Posted by: Grace | October 21, 2011, 9:32 am 9:32 am
The world should observe 2 full days of morning for this terrible tragedy. What a horrible set of events for this 2 year old child, Wang Yue (“YueYue”), to endure alone bleeding and crying on the cold dark street. May God take her to a better place .. please.
Posted by: JimMNH | October 21, 2011, 9:36 am 9:36 am
This is a terrible tragic event. But don’t be so fast to point fingers, how many times have you passed by the homeless suffering cold in the street? what have you done about it? We ALL need to be more loving and compassionate, not just the chinese, we are one step away from becoming so coldhearted that we wouldn’t care about a broken child in the street.
Posted by: Isa | October 21, 2011, 9:40 am 9:40 am
My deepest sympathies to the parents and family of this child. They are suffering and grieving like any other parent, regardless of nationality. And their grief is aggravated by the horrible circumstances of Yue Yue’s death.
I’ve never been to the orient, I’ve never had a Chinese friend, and I’m not interested at all in oriental/Asian cultures. So I have no knowledge of their values, morals or behaviors, other than what I get second-hand. Do posters on here and some Americans despise the Chinese so much, because they’ve taken “our” jobs, because they’re communists, or because they’re Buddists?
I’m disgusted with the behavior of those Chinese people who disregarded this child’s safety and those who actually murdered her (by vehicle), but that doesn’t mean ALL Chinese people are crappy human beings.
Americans fight this same general bias/hate coming from Europe/ME, based on what so many see on the news. It doesn’t stop at nationality either. What religion do we hate b/c of the behavior of radicals? Maybe the greater lesson is that we not view an entire nation of peoples by way of a narrow spotlight on their crappiest citizens. The elderly lady who helped is getting heaped with praise. There’s a positive note in this story.
Posted by: wildblueyondergoAF | October 21, 2011, 9:44 am 9:44 am
My question is how long was she missing before the parents realized that she was gone???
Posted by: LJ | October 21, 2011, 9:44 am 9:44 am
This wa a terrible thing to happen to that child. The woman who pulled her from the street was a person who looked out for another rather than herself, unlike everyone else who drove by or walked by the child without even lifting a hand to help. Especially the guy on the motorcycle who did stop and look and then went on…how humane of him!! Of course in China, it was only a girl child and we all know how they feel about that. Makes you wonder if it would have been different if it had been a little boy.
Posted by: Karen Denison | October 21, 2011, 9:52 am 9:52 am
I wept when i saw this news. My heart went out for the poor girl. There are some news items that gets engraved in our psychic. This is one of them
And yes, Chinese have a culture of cold bloodness. With all the new wealth, has the Chinese govt ever stepped up to help other nations in terms of natural disasters?
Posted by: Steve | October 21, 2011, 10:18 am 10:18 am
The world should observe two full days of mourning for this terrible tragedy. What a horrific set of events for this 2 year old Chinese child, Wang Yue (“YueYue”), to endure. Run over and left to die, arms reaching out looking for comfort, no one stopping, passing coldly, left alone, bleeding and crying on the cold dark street. May God take her to a better place .. please.
Posted by: JimMH | October 21, 2011, 10:32 am 10:32 am
with few exceptions, china is notable for their lack of compassion for anything other than themselves. THIS PROVES IT! A small child left to wander by herself, unattended, in a crowded market place, with vehicles flying through it. china’s cruelty knows no bounds. china is going to annihilate themselves given the opportunity. They may be the world’s biggest exporter of junk but this doesn’t mean they are worth a tinker’s damn in the grand scheme of life.
Posted by: jt waldie | October 21, 2011, 11:16 am 11:16 am
God bless this beautifull little Angel. I know she is now in a better place and I will always remember her as a beautifull little fighter. I can’t beilieve the caliber of “humanity” thier is in China, but than again what can we expect… they eat Animals, and a child and an Animal are as inocent and important,, they are our little Angels and these people have no respect for them, they dont have repsect for life! One stops and wonders what would happen if we as tourists were ever hurt in China. Everything about this incident is disghusting as it is inhumane!!!
Posted by: Allie | October 21, 2011, 11:55 am 11:55 am
It is not comforting to see the world continue on as if nothing more significant than money matters have happened. A 2 year old girl died .. not from war, disease, or some other tragic event but from intentional disregard for an innocent human life. The world should observe two full days of mourning for this terrible tragedy. If we do not pause at this moment we have failed as a species. This is one of the coldest horrifying scenes involving an innocent life I have ever seen in 40 years of living. What a horrific set of events for this 2 year old Chinese child, Wang Yue (“YueYue”), to endure. Run over and left to die, arms reaching out looking for comfort, no one stopping, passing coldly, left alone, bleeding and crying on the cold dark street. May God take her to a better place .. please.
Posted by: JimM | October 21, 2011, 12:09 pm 12:09 pm
My whole being aches for this beautiful child, and the tears won’t stop falling…may she rest in peace and I pray and trust God has a purpose we may not yet see, to allow such suffering and tragedy to befall children. It is truly beyond me, why any child should suffer…
There is no human justification for the indifference exhibited by those passersby. No duty to rescue. A disgusting notion, that some humans should be so cold and only loosely compelled to act when a mandate yields consequences for not doing so.
Posted by: CGH | October 21, 2011, 12:19 pm 12:19 pm
As I posted (and has not appeared for some reason), every DAY over 1,500 children die of starvation on this planet and millions more suffer malnutrition, while, for the most part, the rest of us just walk on by, going about our business, and turning a blind eye. And DESTROY more than enough food to feed them all to keep prices high.
And yet we call ourselves more “moral” than the people who passed this child by.
Posted by: Raven | October 21, 2011, 12:34 pm 12:34 pm
No, China’s morals haven’t declined as a result of their economic pursuits. Given their culture’s deep-rooted and well-known lack of esteem for female offspring, I’d say their morals are the same today as they’ve been for decades.
Posted by: Dave | October 21, 2011, 12:50 pm 12:50 pm
To you Christian apologists using this case as propaganda to imply no belief in your god = lack of morality, shame on you. And anyway, the poor girl was destined to go to hell anyway according to your believes. What’s that commandment? Thou shall not worship false gods? So by simply being born into the wrong culture, your Deity has no choice but to punish the girl and millions of others with hell through no choice of their own. Nice morals.
Posted by: jon | October 21, 2011, 1:15 pm 1:15 pm
I am very disgusted. The reactions of those people reveals how common events like this are in China. This became only big news because it was caught on camera. The excuse of “fear of lawsuits from rescuing” is pathetic. You don’t have to rescue, at least STOP and try to find help, call for help, and try to set up barriers so that she will not be run over again.
I truly hope that the poor child’s suffering will help to remind EVERYONE in the world, not just China, that humanity begins with each person, each minute, and each day — regardless of poverty level. The woman that finally cared was the poorest of all that passed by. She was the only one that picked trash. Everyone else — apparently had better lives — yet they were the ones that did not care.
If you live a life where greed and selfishness takes over — just go kill yourself and end your misery. Yes…. I truly believe that those that passed by — are DEAD. They have no business living and taking up our air.
Posted by: Sally | October 21, 2011, 1:41 pm 1:41 pm
that’s so rude of those chinese who thought that Chen sought publicity!
RIP Yue, you’re now in good hands. :)
Posted by: Issy | October 21, 2011, 2:01 pm 2:01 pm
RIP little girl. I hope those murderers will rot in prison for the rest of their evil lives!!!
Posted by: rip | October 21, 2011, 2:42 pm 2:42 pm
Yue Yue darling! :(((( you left us. I am so incredibly heart broken right now. You have no idea how much love wehave for you, especially me. . I wish you would of made it, I really would of flown down there just for you! :( please angel, rest in peace, know that you are loved deeply. I am so sorry that these jerk offs called humans did this to you. It is not your fault baby. rest in peace. <3 I would NEVER forget this!
Posted by: Amy | October 21, 2011, 2:58 pm 2:58 pm
Chen had no idea there was CCTV; she’s proof that even in the darkest alley anywhere in the world there’s still light. Do I think she deserves to be celebrity & profit off this tragedy? Hell no. But I definitely don’t think she should be accused of doing what she did for money. It was sincere help & concern, what should be expected at a minimum from every half-decent human being. Also, how the hell can people compare a passed out and drunk bum on a sidewalk to a poor, helpless toddler in the middle of an active street who was blatantly run over and bathing in her own blood???
RIP my little angel YueYue. I was praying all week for a miracle for you, but thank god at least you are at peace and no longer suffering. You have truly touched millions throughout the world and may you never, ever be forgotten. I swear I never will.
Posted by: Steve M | October 21, 2011, 3:05 pm 3:05 pm
To compare people here on this article blog to those ignorant passerbys who could’ve taken seconds to help this poor angel is ridiculous. You can’t be everywhere in the world saving every starving/dying infant/child. Believe me if I could, I would. What you CAN do is do the right thing wherever you are when someone is in distress and helpless. If even one of the first 3-4 people just pulled this girl off the middle of the friggin street, she may have possibly had a fighting chance. Moreso, what tears at most of our hearts is what must’ve been going through this poor poor child’s mind as people were just leaving her alone, not offering her the slightest of care or assistance…
Posted by: steve m | October 21, 2011, 3:29 pm 3:29 pm
@ ONE – In all due fairness, I’m sure there’s a surreal shock factor for Chen as well as the mother. I totally agree that the mother has her part of blame in regards to the girl running out into the street alone. However as mentioned in another post earlier, these situation happen a lot and at a blink of an eye. I have a 19-month old girl and all it takes a second and she’s almost-inhumanly popsup at the other side of our home. I was also observant of Chen picking up Yue Yue; Yue Yue’s body was crushed remember. Picking up someone that’s ‘broken’ when expecting it to hold the same gravity when they’re not results in how she picked up Yue like a ragdoll. She even looked to fold like one.
Posted by: steve m | October 21, 2011, 3:52 pm 3:52 pm
OMG! these are the people who spread all over the planet. animals are more compassionate;
Posted by: SAD | October 21, 2011, 3:59 pm 3:59 pm
WHERE WAS THE MOTHER? ITS NOT THE PASSERS BY FAULT WHERE IS HER MOTHER?
IT DISGUSTING THEY SHOULD BE ASHAMED THE WHOLE LOT OF THEM PASSING A YOUNG CHILD BY LIKE THAT, THESE PEOPLE ARE NOTHING BUT TRASH?
Posted by: ANN | October 21, 2011, 4:01 pm 4:01 pm
Sickening. Where were her parents? How many people actually saw this little girl wandering alone before she was hit and did nothing? If I saw a little baby girl like this wandering the streets on her own, let alone in the rain at night, I would have grabbed her and tried to find her family. Most of the people I know would have done the same thing.
I have absolutely no sympathy for her parents. If they had paid attention to her, she would not have been outside alone.
Posted by: Lisa | October 21, 2011, 4:29 pm 4:29 pm
To all those wondering where the mother was -
The little girl had wandered off from the parents’ store while they had their backs turned. The mother was looking for her frantically when the accident occurred.
Posted by: Tony | October 21, 2011, 5:26 pm 5:26 pm
Damned if you do and damned if you dont. Really? People are accusing her of helping the 2 year old for publicity? The ONLY person who even tried to help and you write that in the article?
And what of her mother? Why the hell was her daughter in the street alone for HOURS?
Posted by: Dania | October 21, 2011, 5:40 pm 5:40 pm
Up to a few years ago, they only knew bicycles. So you have inexperience. Even in this country to call someone a “Chinese Driver” is pretty harsh insult. Strike two. You notice in the vids, no one speeds (which is good in China, bad in the US) but none the less lethal. Chinese and motorized vehicles don’t mix…. at any speed.
Posted by: LATimesLuv | October 21, 2011, 5:57 pm 5:57 pm
SHE WAS AN INNOCENT CHILD…A BUM LAYING IN THE STREET IS DIFFERENT THAN A BABY WHO HAS NEVER HURT ANYONE IN THIS WORLD. I WOULD HAVE RISKED MY LIFE AND FREEDOM TO SAVE THIS BABY. IT IS BECAUSE THE BILLIONS OF CHINESE LET THE JUDGES RULE AGAINST WELL WISHERS WITHOUT CAUSING AN UPROAR ….THAT IT HAPPENS THERE. AND THEN THEY USE THE EXCUSE…TO LEAVE A LITTLE BABY CRYING ..IN EXTREME PAIN…CRITICALLY WOUNDED …DYING RIGHT BEFORE THEM IN THE STREET. I HAVE SIX CHILDREN. YUEYUE IS NOW MY CHILD IN MY HEART. I HURT EVERYDAY BECAUSE I …OR SOMEONE LIKE ME WAS NOT THERE TO HELP MY BABY. 99% OF CHINA WOULD HAVE WALKED RIGHT BY. UNITED STATES NEEDS TO STOP BUSINESS WITH CHINA. BUT WHEN MONEY IS INVOLVED….NO ONE CARES ABOUT INNOCENT LIVES
Posted by: Lisa | October 21, 2011, 6:13 pm 6:13 pm
Now that I remember …I don’t think the United States as a “whole” is much better at keeping children safe when the parent is …for some reason …absent. 3 years ago in Lincoln, Nebraska my husband and I were driving down a busy street. We came past an intersection by the zoo and saw a 2? Year old baby girl trying to cross the street. She was literally dodging cars …cars stopped and then kept going. NO ONE BUT US stopped and chased her down grabbed her and called 911. Then I remember when I was chasing her people were giving me dirty looks as if it were my child! She could have been killed…or hurt like yueyue..but no one was going to help until she was hit. Lucky I was there …and im sure the mother had a visit from cps…
Posted by: Lisa | October 21, 2011, 6:30 pm 6:30 pm
HOW CAN WE TRUST ANY ITEM IMPORTED FROM THIS COUNTRY? YOU THINK THEY DON’T CARE ABOUT THIS LITTLE GIRL. HOW DO YOU THINK THEY FEEL ABOUT US? BOYCOTT CHINA. I DON’T UNDERSTAND THIS CULTURE. AND ONLY PEOPLE WITHOUT CHILDREN BLAME THE MOTHER, KIDS GET AWAY FROM PARENTS AT TIMES IT JUST HAPPENS. 20 PEOPLE PASSED THIS LITTLE GIRL BLEEDING IN THE STREET AND MAMA WAS LOOKING FOR BABY. JESUS WHERE IS THE HUMANITY?
Posted by: Gin | October 21, 2011, 7:18 pm 7:18 pm
I’ve been sickened and heartbroken over what happened to this beautiful little baby. She did not die in vain. Her life had meaning and purpose. I’ve cried most of this week and its made me realize how much love I – and others – must have in our hearts for her, her family, and Mrs. Chen. Its important now to think of her family in their grief.
I intend putting my money where my mouth is, and paying for a small memorial, maybe a statue and a plaque, in Foshan, for Yue Yue. I emailed a leading attorney in the area today, who has publicly commented about Yue Yue’s accident, to make that offer.
Incidentally, she was a strong baby who wanted to live. She fought hard for a week. I couldn’t have done it. This little baby, this wonderful angel, had so much to teach us.
Posted by: Shane | October 21, 2011, 7:37 pm 7:37 pm
Posted shane Oct 21 @7.37pm there will be thousands that would like to also donate to yue yue memorial, I am one of them . Please how can we do this ? She will never be forgotten in my heart , she is gone , rest in peace little ange , but I still see those photos and hold my hand out to pick her up ……..
Posted by: samantha | October 21, 2011, 11:20 pm 11:20 pm
this is one of the most shocking scene i ever seen in my life ,what about the woman with her child she just passed and ignored her , what principal she is teaching to her son , i do not know what they are teaching them in China’s schools , because the only person who helped her is an old woman , and may be she never been in schoo l!!!!.
what a dirty world …
Posted by: Samir Bahrain | October 22, 2011, 2:51 am 2:51 am
What kind of people are these, to accuse Madam Chen of helping Yue Yue for publicity ! She never knows there is CCTV, never knows she can be awarded. Whatever she did to the 2 year old baby , is her sincere help and concern. The one who accused Madam Chen, where are your humanity ?!
Yue Yue’s parents have their part of blame in regards of Yue Yue. They should not let their child came out from the shop at all. Yue Yue should be placed in the play yard ! Shame on the 18 passerby !
Posted by: IVY | October 22, 2011, 12:17 pm 12:17 pm
,you are now in a place where nobody could bring harm to you anymore…people who have caused you pain and suffering will have sleepless nights for the rest of their lives…i hope that proper justice will be brought upon this…it wasn’t an accident but an evil deed of that driver, i wish he gets a much worse death…you don’t deserve anything not even forgiveness…you are less than an animal…
Posted by: shayne | October 22, 2011, 1:46 pm 1:46 pm
What is up with these chines people….I do not think that Chen, the trash collector, was trying to get publicity or money…at least out of all the ignorance people who walk by she had a good attention to help the poor little toddler…This incident have already made china look bad…instead of trying to correct it, they have all the time to trash talk about Chen. What a corrupted society.
Posted by: meme | October 22, 2011, 8:52 pm 8:52 pm
Angel of Beauty, of God’s creation. Your beautiful soul lies within God’s hands now. I will meet you in heaven and care for you like no other can care for. The demon of whitevan will beg for mercy of your precious soul. May you continue to sit with Christ on the right hand of the father, in the paradise of the eternal light of the divine Lamb and may you Protect our Shield of Trinity our sweet Angel.
Posted by: AnGeLof BeAutY | October 23, 2011, 12:29 am 12:29 am
What I can is…
1. The first driver who knock down the girl, ignore her cry and purposely run over her again should be caught and run over by a truck since he is useless to the society.
2. Those 18 peoples picture should be criticize in the media for inhuman nature.
3. Those who mention the old lady help the girl for publicity are idiot and naive.
4. The communist party should allow religion practice for their country to built back the kindness and compassion but not the religion that harbor terrorist.
5. Money and materialistic will not buy happiness if oneself display no human value.
6. If no concrete action taken to correct the immoral society, China will soon fall back to failure.
Posted by: Zhao | October 23, 2011, 12:37 am 12:37 am
Bottom Line is we ALL need Jesus. He died for sins such as tragic events like this as well as us being to busy on our iPhones to simply acknowledge people and say hello. We are all selfish in our own ways and must make being intentional and radical in our generosity. Many prayers for the missionaries all over this world as well as this poor baby and her parents. May we all do our own part in taking responsibility for our circle of influence instead of constantly wasting time and pointing fingers at others. What a broken world this is…
Posted by: Amanda | October 23, 2011, 1:14 am 1:14 am
Live is cheap when there’s 1.3 billion of you.
Posted by: ann | October 23, 2011, 1:34 am 1:34 am
Yue Yue rest in peace.
Yue Yue you will be remembered forever as Symbol of Hope in Humanity and Saviour of Chinese Civilization, Culture and Morality
The date 13th October 2011 will always be remember as the Darkest Day in Humanity.
At such tender age of 2yrs old you have to go through such terrible odeal(alone) of running
over by a Van and then a Lorry , no helper in the first run over (3 passerby – scum) and no helper after second run over(15 more scum) except the 19th passerby, good Aunty Chen.
Your tears,terror,pain,suffering and passing away will not be in vain.You have touch
the heart of millions of viewers across the world and will continue to revibrate forever in the memory of present and future generations and rekindle compassion and humanity in this ruthless,heartless,materialistic,corrupted, upsidedown samsaric world and hopefully a catalyst for change for a better world.
Once again, Yue Yue you will be remembered forever as Symbol of Hope in Humanity and Saviour of Chinese Civilization, Culture,Morality
My Deepest condolence to Yue Yue family.
Very unfortunate you live in society of Ruthless Heartless scums.Zero Conscience ,Morality
and cultural value.Imagine the driver that speed up for the kill ,stop, and purposely, slowly crushing the poor girl on the rear wheel for the final kill. A rotten to the core society that ignore the cries of helpless ,terrified little girl in pain, bath with blood and yet claim , that the good Samaritan Chen Xianmei helping Yue Yue as wanting publicity.How low and degrading can they go.
The second driver reportedly say that if the girl dies he payless.
This is not an isolated case, 4 yrs back , when I visited China , we were told by our tourist guide, to be very careful while crossing road, as the driver will go for the kill, reason he payless then having to pay for your maintenance.
Signs of cultural and moral decay everwhere,Tainted Milk and food,Fake egg, Recycled cooking oil from drain,using Shoe Shine to enhance food appearance,killing baby girl so they can have baby boy,eating fully form human foetus,skinning animal alive …too many to name.
Please contemplate deeply ,is this the Culture we want for our future generation ?.The moral decay have reach almost to the point of no return.State of denial won’t help.Wakeup and act now before its to late.
There is still hope because we still have many good hearted people(some silently) in China and you have all the resources.
If only we threat others(our) Child,Parent and Relatives as our own(self),
this will be a better world.
Yue Yue, you are our Symbol of hope in humanity. I will continue to pray for you and
all those who suffer.
To good hearted expert blogger,please help to setup a site to promote compassion,loving kindness,good morality dedicated to Yue Yue and others who have to suffer the cruelty of this
heartless world, to bring awareness to us and hopefully a change for a better world.
To the rich good men,good women,and good child please help fund the maintenance of the said site.
To the poor good men,good women,and good child please help in kind( help to spread compassion, good morality and loving kindness), together we will build a better,kind,loving and compassionate world
regardless of race,color,origin and religion.
May our world return to a kind and compassionate society?.
Posted by: Unfalialson P5 | October 23, 2011, 2:39 am 2:39 am
This is the second day that I have been weeping over this tragedy of this little child in China. First time I saw the video clip yesterday, I cried and prayed fervently for her. Now Im crying again for I have so much pity on that child. A little relieved now that she is no longer in pain and suffering.. she is with our God now, rest in peace little angel, I do not know you but I love you and I feel so sad about you. May you have justice and may God work on these people who have done this to you. (Comment from the Philippines)
Posted by: Che Amurao | October 23, 2011, 9:01 am 9:01 am
Poor little girl. I can’t stop thinking about this sad sad story and the terror that little girl must have felt. And now people are actually saying the woman who helped her did so to get publicity?! What a load of crap. She probably helped the little girl because she was HUMAN unlike those monsters who just drove around the poor child. I don’t know how they live with themselves. That poor baby lying there in pain with no one to comfort her. I wish I could hold her. What a horrible cruel ending. I’m just glad she is no longer suffering. As for the drivers and others who didn’t stop, I hope someone will be just as indifferent to them.
Posted by: sidony | October 23, 2011, 10:46 am 10:46 am
See, what everyone on here is doing is blaming China as a whole. I find the fault in that idiot judge who deemed that Good Samaritan as the culprit in knocking over an elderly woman just because he/she was the one who helped her.
Humans are inherently selfish, whether for themselves or for their family. In many situations, who would risk possibly getting in trouble with the law if they have a family to care for?
And guys, take into consideration that maybe this neighborhood wasn’t exactly the best. We all know there are cities/districts/neighborhoods where the people who live there may not be exactly the most “humane” or kind. Stop attacking China as a country, every country goes through something.
Watching the video is heart-breaking…I was angered too, by the passer-bys. And seeing how over time, she was still able to move her arms a bit…I cannot imagine the pain she went through. Or when the woman tried moving her, and Yue Yue’s back gave out…
Posted by: Jackie | October 23, 2011, 3:02 pm 3:02 pm
That image of the toddler lying broken, bloodied and dying has been seared into my memory. Il never think about chinese society the same way again.
Posted by: hassan elsafty | October 23, 2011, 8:31 pm 8:31 pm
I must be an evil soul to have been condemned to life as a human being on this earth amongst other demons. Does it cost them anything to give a damn? No so all this talk of competitiveness and money ruling everything doesn’t justify a thing! They saw the kid, they ran her over because they are evil and perverse. The child is better off now, but the agony she went through. I lose faith in humanity every single day, every single day. No heros no people of morals or character. How low can we go? Lets open up the pit of hell. Forget love, forget beauty, forget everything good. People seem to love being selfish callous and cruel. It makes me lose faith in God, it really hurt me.
Posted by: bob | October 23, 2011, 9:34 pm 9:34 pm
SICKENING
Posted by: TONY | October 24, 2011, 12:21 am 12:21 am
I do think the van driver was the worst, the front tires were an accident but had he not hit her with the back tires that could have made a difference. And if so ho little effort it would have taken to save a life. A human soul, still an innocent child, but it was so much easier to leave quickly it seems. And America must be becoming more Godless because people being trampled to death in Walmart is no great testament to our moral superiority.
Posted by: jeff | October 24, 2011, 12:26 am 12:26 am
It’s over a week now , in my mind I still see yue yue little body lying on the road , it still breaks my heart and chokes me . I still cry for this little girl . Never has a tragedy touched me so deeply . I have posted before and continue still to log on and read the comments . I still search for news on what will happen to the drivers of the van and truck , what will happen to the passerbys ……and I find nothing ….. has anybody heard anything ? It will not bring yue yue back but it means she is not forgotten , those that hurt her will be answerable.
Posted by: samantha | October 24, 2011, 6:08 am 6:08 am
I created a facebook page in memory of the lil Yue Yue (as I didn’t see one) so that this lil girl may not be forgotten so soon. May it help us to remember this tragedy and inspire us to take on an active role in life and not just be a passerby. May we all strive to be the better person..
Posted by: Yue Yue Never Forget | October 24, 2011, 10:24 am 10:24 am
I’ve literally got goosebumps all over. This is absurd, and disgusting. How do they let a child lie on the ground in blood and just pass by her? Especially that lady that just grabs her and leaves her by the trash? Are you kidding me? You couldn’t even think of calling the local police? This sickens me. Augh, I feel so bad for the little child, she must have been in so much pain, and her parents…when they saw that video they must have been very heartbroken….R.I.P….
Posted by: JEA | October 25, 2011, 2:11 am 2:11 am
I believe the mother purposely let her daughter play in traffic
to give “them” (the couple) another chance to have a boy.
Posted by: john | October 25, 2011, 5:26 am 5:26 am
I think all of you guys here are too fast to judge. Yes, what those passer-by’s did was heartless, but what would you guys have done? Perhaps you guys would have done the same. Its easy to judge others while sitting behind a computer and thinking that your a saint. From what i understand, most Americans wouldn’t stop to think about helping someone suffering in the streets because they think they’re either too busy or that they don’t want to take the chance of the possible legal issues.
Posted by: Kevin | October 25, 2011, 9:58 pm 9:58 pm
BUY AMERICAN! Boycott Chinese products.
Posted by: Lisa | October 26, 2011, 1:45 am 1:45 am
i hope the soul of the child will rest in peace…shame to the “humans” next to her!
i used to shout at people in greece that would say that “oh he was a chinese we have a lot of them in the world!i wouldn’t do the same thing today!
Posted by: G sydney | October 26, 2011, 6:44 pm 6:44 pm
I feel so greatly saddened by this incident. Please do not hate all Chinese, instead lets learn from Yue Yue that we all have to care for each other. Stop the racisms and the hatreds. Not all of us are as heartless and cruel as those people in the video. I am a mom of 2 yr old and I cried after watching the video. Ive been really depressed since then, just cannot get over it. Poor Yue Yue. I am glad that her death has not gone in vain, she has taught millions to care again. Thank you Yue Yue and rest in peace.
Posted by: Chinese Mom | October 26, 2011, 7:14 pm 7:14 pm
To all those morally righteous anti-Chinese: that girl was also a Chinese.
Posted by: Tony Chan | October 26, 2011, 11:43 pm 11:43 pm
RIP YueYue. Now you are in a better place where you will experience the real love from Lord Jesus that you don’t get here on earth. I love you YueYue, I would have gladly give my life for you. I will mourn for you and remember you. Your death is not in vain, you have touch the heart of millions of viewers across the world, your voice have reached out to all humanity and is also with me, you will be truly missed “YueYue”. OXOX
Posted by: Sam | October 27, 2011, 12:57 am 12:57 am
I wonder if they all would have ignored the child if the child were a male instead of a female. Makes ya think…
Posted by: Felicia | October 27, 2011, 1:05 am 1:05 am
I seek death penalty on the two (2) murder drivers! You have shamed all Chinese through out the world.
China, I will not do any business and boycott your products till you change your law!
Posted by: Sam | October 27, 2011, 1:05 am 1:05 am
My view on China citizen have greatly change you have lost all my respected. I see how you treat your child and ignore the injured! Heartless people! You not only shamed the Chinese but to humanity! If there is ever war with China I will join the service to kill China evil monsters! What I see is a pour act of evil “the sons of devil”. From this day fourth I will not tell anyone I am Chinese. I am so shamed to look like one of you! A country of murders!
Posted by: Sam | October 27, 2011, 1:25 am 1:25 am
It’s so sad! I don’t understand why people just can walk further! That’s just selfish and disrespectful. But i think in the first case it’s the fault of the mother, because she must look after her child and she didn’t do that. She let a 2 year old child alone for 10 minutes or something. And it’s of course also the fault of the people who were passing the child. It’s just appaling and terrible that yue yue is dead now!
Posted by: Lisa | October 27, 2011, 9:39 am 9:39 am
RIP YueYue. Now you are in a better place where you will experience the real love from Lord Jesus that you don’t get here on earth. I love you YueYue, I would have gladly give my life for you. I will mourn for you and remember you. Your death is not in vain, you have touch the heart of millions of viewers across the world, your voice have reached out to all humanity and is also with me, you will be truly missed “YueYue”. OXOX
You don’t deserve to experience your last few days on earth and the country you are born. But now you are in the right place in heaven with your true father and now all you will experience is full of love and happiness as a child of God, I am very happy for you, you get to see the face of God and talk to Jesus with all the time you want and He will never let you go from His side. What a beautiful picture, wish I can see too.
The Lord is kind to you and takes you to be with Him in heaven. YueYue tell your father in heaven to Bless all the children in the world for His protection and guard them with His love. Miss you and will mourn for you.
Posted by: Sam | October 27, 2011, 3:09 pm 3:09 pm
I am not surprised by this. Having learned what the chinese do to animals – which has been horrifying me on it’s own – I’m not surprised they can have this much disregard for human life also. These people skin animals alive in fur farms, and boil their food alive as well. Apparently it tastes better that way – cats/dogs/whatever. Sadly, China has no rights for animals whatsoever.
But to see this happen to a precious 2 year old – that was hurt and scared and in need of help – which 18 people couldn’t extend to her (sickening) makes me wonder if they are even human after all.
Poor babe-may she rest in paradise………
Posted by: Darcey | October 27, 2011, 6:31 pm 6:31 pm
I am dissapoint in China
Posted by: Sophie | October 28, 2011, 12:00 am 12:00 am
This is the most horrible thing to ever watch. And the loneliness this child was going there as this horrible thing was happening to her. And you know she saw the many walk by her not even bothering to stop and help her. What did she ever do to deserve anything like this? I am very disappointed in all that didn’t help. Is this really what our world is coming to? Is the world really getting this heartless in our tough times? I couldn’t imagine anything like this every happening to my children. And to be left that long that no one came to her aid. Where was the mother? Who was watching her? I think there should be more charges filed. This may be a horrible tragedy but it surely has changed how I look at things for the rest of my life. No child or person for that matter should have to suffer this kind of pain. A little girl I never meet will forever always be in my heart!!! RIP little Angel. Your safe now!!
Posted by: Christina | October 28, 2011, 1:05 pm 1:05 pm
For those who r accusing the chinese for this incident its not completely their fault. Though this is horrifying chinese citizens have been taught to mind their own business ever since they were born.
Being a communist country they were always competing for even the slightest chance in social dominance.
Also a certain incident occurred before where a man saw an old woman break her leg. When he called for help he was accused of doing that to her in trial. Hes in jail now for doing the right thing. I think its because of this people are hesitant to help this young girl
Posted by: David | October 30, 2011, 10:24 am 10:24 am
I have read this story and it has filled me with tremendous sadness. Truly awful that anyone should suffer such a terrible fate, never mind an innocent two year old child.
I disagree with the comments that make general sweeping comments that Chinese ppl are heartless and devoid of compassion and morals. You don’t need a degree in geography to know china is a very big place and has a lot of people in it. The Chinese people I know in the uk are very compassionate caring people.
Before Americans point their fingers they should review their own attitudes to health care for the poorest people in their own country. With any state supported health care initiatives being shouted down as “commie” ideas.
My own country went through industrial revolution and lead the world whilst exploiting child labour in mines and allowed people to live and die in squalor, but sadly sometimes it takes tragedy for nations to find perspective. China is exploiting an underclass of workers currently, but with progress enevitably comes new generations of children that question the value placed upon each and every human life.
I pray for china that they find perspective and that their state realises that it has a moral obligation to its people and especially it’s children, to give them a chance in life.
Such a waste. I will always remember this story and endeavour to think of yue yue, lessons can be learnt by everyone.
Posted by: Joel | October 31, 2011, 1:47 pm 1:47 pm
prayers for yue yue always..may you rest in peace little angle…im also a mom and i felt sad and mad for those people who could have saved your life. Now you are at rest…you will feel no more pain, no more cry…we love you yueyue…
Posted by: Faye Donna Ong | November 1, 2011, 9:49 pm 9:49 pm
I watched the video and I was horrified!! That poor little baby! I cant belive that the first person who ran her over did not see her standing there,right there in front of their van!!!!!!! Then to not get out and see what was ran over! then to keep on .. then for all those pieces of $#@ that saw her laying there dying and go on about their buisness, then for the second person to run her over as well!!I know GOD has a special place in heaven for you sweet little angel.My thoughts and prayers go out to her family. I hope justice will be served for her sake! Shame on all those people who left that poor little baby suffering on the street like a she was a piece of garbage. SHAME,SHAME,SHAME!!!!!
Posted by: Michelle | November 2, 2011, 2:20 am 2:20 am
I called the police the other day because I saw someone I thought needed help, but living in South Africa you don’t get out of a car. You just don’t. You should have heard the policeman’s surprise. He was totally baffled that I asked him to just have a look, I think something is up with that guy. I found that disturbing. That he was surprised that one human being can go to all the trouble of just *calling* them. But how the HELL do you see a child lying there and do nothing?! And that guy KNEW he’d hit someone, you can feel it. Shame on all of them!
Posted by: Isa | November 3, 2011, 2:52 pm 2:52 pm
I remember some months ago a story about a baby that fell on the zoo-’s gorila pitt (don’t remember where). As you may know adult males sometimes get aggresive to yougster, over jealous. The female held it and took care of it as if it where one of her’s. to get the baby back, they had to shoot her with tranquilizers, cause when the zookeeper tried to aproach, she was very agressive, defending th baby. Could a human do this? Maybe. a chinese? Probably not
On aonother subject, i think everyone that speaks about chinese lack of humanitarian principles, is correct. And the examples are many and varied. Even more troublesome, is that it’s enforced by law. The claim to punish those drivers, but that’s just for show. And gets worst, because after having enough economic power all-over the world, they will want more political power, and enforce their agenda on every country; it’s happening now, and most analysts already claim China to be the only superpower in the world, by 2019.
When after that, will that inhumanity be global, and required by law?
Posted by: Luis Aguiar | November 9, 2011, 7:57 am 7:57 am
If blame is to be passed, the chinese communist party is guilty of destroying 5000 years of traditions dating back to the origins of Buddhism, Taoism and Confucianism in just a few decades. They brainwash, physical and mental torture, extort money, and have murdered more of their own people than both world wars put together. They encourage family, freinds and neighbours to betray each other for a little benefit. The kangaroo courts push innocent victims, farmers, Human Rights Lawyers and prisoners of conscience like Christians and Falun Gong believers into cells along with hard core criminals. Criminals are rewarded to attack others. The people in China are suffering from a horrific moral breakdown caused by the ccps evil tactics to do just that. Truth, compassion and tolerance is illegal in China. The world needs truth, compassion and tolerance. This is a shocking wakeup call for us all. Especially to an innocent child. We all need to reflect and check inside our selves. The whole world is moraly declining.
Posted by: compassion for all | November 9, 2011, 9:08 pm 9:08 pm
It’s a huge shame to all Chinese…leaving a dying little girl on the street and seeing her bleeding and crying. What is wrong with these people? To call them animals is an insult to animals!!!
Posted by: Kerry | November 11, 2011, 3:41 pm 3:41 pm
This is not a shame ont he chinese, what about the american story last year about a mom who sold (drug debt) her 3 yr old who was then sexually abused to death in a hotel room. What about the children that are abused by North American pedophiles around the world while I write this email… We need to get a grip. Until you protect children don’t take a superior attitude to what was an accident coupled with disgusting ignorance… look in your own mirror…
Posted by: troubled | November 15, 2011, 2:54 am 2:54 am
What is more disturbing is that when we try to access this video or story… we continually get an ad about pilsbury cookies… that is disturbing!
Posted by: troubled | November 15, 2011, 2:55 am 2:55 am
Im a chinese,I feel so dissapoint in todays China,this would not happen in 70′s or 80′s China,infact,since 1990 China changes alot,idont know if its becoming better or worse,now most chinese only care about money and his own future, now we dont even know neighbor’s name,we run too fast that make all of us competitors.
today’s China is not China,just a big machine
sorry for my broken english
Posted by: shawn way yi | November 21, 2011, 10:08 pm 10:08 pm
It really does not matter how much money this woman was given. What matter is how would the puplic let this happen. I hope next time it’s not one of there love ones!
Posted by: Mother of 3 | November 22, 2011, 9:09 pm 9:09 pm
Chen may have moved her out of the street but she in no way rushed over to the little girl. Watch the video again! Do you people not have eyes. She slowly walked to the other side of the road and gently put down her trash bag and then slowly walked over to the child. It did not look like she was trying to seek help immediately for the little girl. They need to catch the people who ran the child over but hey its China-they probably don’t even care.
Posted by: Chrissy | November 22, 2011, 10:35 pm 10:35 pm
I can relate to this child’s death. On September 30, 2009, my 12 year old was crossing the street on bikes, he was hit by a truck that was pulling a horse trailer. He did not die immediately. The driver did not go to him, nor did the driver stop right away. Curtis, my son’s bike was wedged under her truck leaving gouge marks in the asphalt. He was over 5′ tall, weighed 100 pounds in a bright yellow sweatshirt, hit in the front of her truck..claims she did not see him.
The driver is a diabetic on insulin, is a pediatrition who specializes in mental health for children. My son was taken to have a toxollgy done to check for drugs or alcohol. We were not allowed to see him, our parental rights taken from us. The Dr did not have to give blood, called her attorney not 911 and her attorney came and got her. Than, we were informed of the accident, this accident in China, shows no mercy on behalf of the driver, there was no mercy for my son right here in America. By the way, her truck was released back to her on the day of my son’s funeral, before we even knew what had actually happened. Brakes were not hooked up on her horse trailer and she had brand new tires on the truck, the blue chalk is still visible. I am a human being put on this earth, i cannot imagine driving by a person injured and not stopping to try and help, with a child it just seems even more heartless. Patty Holter of Faribault, minnesota, U.S.A.
Posted by: patty holter | February 22, 2012, 10:35 am 10:35 am