[niu99]

Chinese Farmer Giving Away Free Turnips Plundered by Mob
by Fauna on Monday, December 5, 2011
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The over 80 mu of turnips grown by farmer Han Gang on his vegetable farm on the outskirts of Zhengzhou in Henan province yielded a bountiful harvest, but these roughly 1.5kg each turnips suffered from poor sales. Day after day, he contacted buyers, but the buyers would only offer a bulk purchasing price of only 4-5 fen per half kilogram. If people are hired to pick the turnips, he’d then have to spend even more money. After discussing with his family, he decided to stop trying to sell these turnips and instead give them away to the city’s residents for their consumption. Han Gang said: “If social welfare and charity organizations want them, I can give them priority.”

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Han Gang posted his idea online and news media from the provincial capital also published the information on November 25th. On the morning of 2011 November 26th, Han Gang’s turnip field was overrun by city residents there to pick turnips, with groups and groups of people carrying vegetable knives hacking turnips off, tossing aside those they didn’t like and bagging those they did to take home.

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For days, over ten thousand city residents came to the field to pick turnips.

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What Han Gang and his family did not expect was that some people even picked and took away the sweet potatoes he had planted. Given that he was unable to stop them, he could only ferret out the uncivilized behavior by immediately taking out the sweet potatoes that those people had put into their bags.

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Faced with an uncontrollable situation, Han Gang begged people to be merciful: “Auntie, sister, uncle, brother, leave me some, I still need to send my children to school!”

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November 26th, Zhengzhou, the cars and tricycles of the turnip pickers lined up for kilometers.

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November 26th, a police vehicle appears on Han Gang’s turnip field.

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Various different types of cars on the scene.

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A van that drove directly onto the turnip field, the young turnips run over into a mess.

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Using both big bags and small bags to take [the turnips] away.

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Riding a mountain bike to come pick turnips.

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Ruined sweet potatoes.

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Photo is of November 26th, of a city resident walking a dog on Han Gang’s turnip field.

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Photo is of November 26th, of Han Gang’s turnip field.

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November 26th, Han Gang’s son holding a turnip thrown away by city residents.

[MG1]

Why the fail? Did I miss something?

[Manic!]

Why the fail? Did I miss something?

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[hongy]

give an inch and they take a mile? or something like that.

[tiger_handheld]

This guy will never hold a charity again. I feel bad for the guy. The decent thing would've been to donate at least .50 cents per turnip.

[CP.AR]

*sigh*

and at the end of the day, the people will only ask themselves "but what did i do wrong?" "if he didn't want this mess he wouldn't have started it in the first place"

[Nlkko]

Typical. They don't give a shit to other people's properties.

"Give an inch and they take a mile". Exactly that.

[Presto]

"Give an inch and they take a mile".

After they take the mile, they'll come back to see if there's more. I'm pretty sure it's not isolated to Chinese people, but damn, shit gets fucked up whenever a freebie happens and Chinese people are involved. One local event that comes to mind was when there were frozen pizzas being given away. I can't remember the brand, but I recall all the people acquiring multiple freebies were Chinese. Some were hauling a bag in each hand. I don't think the pizza was that great either.

Chinese people!! Y U SO SELFISH! ლ(ಠ益ಠლ)

[StylinRed]

this guy should've known better


its bad enough having free stuff given here in canada

but right in the thick of it in china? :fuckthatshit:


i think his issue though is that it hit the news/radio and when that happens it doesnt matter if they're asian or not you're going to get raped by the crowd

[gars]

Reminds me of that guy who had a cruel prank pulled on him. Someone posted a Craigslist Ad saying his apartment is full of stuff that people were free to take. People showed up just emptying his apartment - and even had the audacity to just wave a printed copy of the CL ad when they were asked to stop. People have a mob mentality everywhere, it's not just China.

[Hondaracer]

I think we really need a dedicated china forum or Somthing because frankly I don't think people give two shits about retarded stories like these and all the rest posted?..

Happened in china? dgaf
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[murd0c]

Why do people care about China when they don't even care about them selves? I swear the more and more of this stories I read about what happens thereI get more sick each day.

[kwy]

No good deed goes unpunished. I feel sorry for the guy. Should have done things differently. China is fucked.

[dlo]

people cant appreciate shit lol good on him, and fuck those annoying bastards

[Graeme S]

There is a disturbing amount of racism in this thread. Tread carefully.

[CharlieH]

^

but honestly a lot of these stereotypes are perfectly applicable to chinese people. i've been to places all over the world and i've yet to come across a race that's as selfish and ignorant as the chinese. all they care about is themselves and how to fuck the next person so they can step over them. of course there are exceptions but this is generally what i see, and i'm from mainland china myself lol.

[Vansterdam]

crazy asians lol

[nsmb]

first thing i thought of

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[unit]

mmm turnip juice

[bengy]

starving chinese lol

fixed

[optiblue]

Shoot, never give stuff away for free like that!
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[dat_steve]

courtesy? :fuckthatshit:

[matrixfwd]

have we forgotten our very own riot? Seeing people taking from owners who were not giving.

[akalic]

the RFD effect

[Graeme S]

the RFD effect
So true.

[nickmak]

china. enough said.

[Anjew]

china. enough said.

planet fucking earth is more accurate....

that shit happens even faster in north america.

didnt black friday just happen? the videos are worst than that.

[FerrariEnzo]

he should have sold it for whatever he could get.. better then having his farm getting trampled over...

he of all chinese people should know how they get when they hear "FREE"... its everyone for themselves

[EndLeSS8]

he of all chinese people should know how they get when they hear "FREE"... its everyone for themselves

So sad but true.

If a big earthquake happened to China, just like in Japan, I bet that 1/3 of the deaths would be from that sort of mentality, unfortunately.

[gars]

So sad but true.

If a big earthquake happened to China, just like in Japan, I bet that 1/3 of the deaths would be from that sort of mentality, unfortunately.

You mean like the 2008 earthquake in Sichuan? I don't remember any looting happening there after the quake. You must be thinking about New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.

There's so much racism in this thread...

[!LittleDragon]

There's so much racism in this thread...

Thank you. I'm more disgusted by the comments here than the article. I got so tired of racist comments in every other thread that I just stopped coming on RS. C'mon, as Canadians, people should know better...

[EndLeSS8]

I'm Chinese, and Chinese people are incredibly racist.

Think of all of the slang terms Chinese people have for other nationalities.
We have racist terms for Japanese people, white people, black people, east indians, Filipinos, etc etc

[hongy]

... dude, think about all the racist any nationality has for any other nationality.

[Pooface55]

I'm Chinese, and Chinese people are incredibly racist.

Think of all of the slang terms Chinese people have for other nationalities.
We have racist terms for Japanese people, white people, black people, east indians, Filipinos, etc etc

Every nationality has racist terms :fullofwin:

But it seems to me even chinese people hate chinese people. :)

[LiquidTurbo]

I'm Chinese, and Chinese people are incredibly racist.

Think of all of the slang terms Chinese people have for other nationalities.
We have racist terms for Japanese people, white people, black people, east indians, Filipinos, etc etc

WTF?

White people have the same shit, what's your point?

[smoothie.]

I lose my shit every time I drive in Richmond.

Im starting to lose my shit in Burnaby.

Racist? 9/10 times its a CLAI or some young asian retard.

im chinese.

[!LittleDragon]

I lose my shit every time I drive in Richmond.

Im starting to lose my shit in Burnaby.

Racist? 9/10 times its a CLAI or some young asian retard.

im chinese.

And in West Van, 9/10 times, it's a rich Persian but I don't go bashing their ethnic background.

I can't believe people are trying to justify their racism, there is no excuse.

[epicbeardman]

He should have been like,
"Hey you in the hat! Stop stealing my fucking turnips! Be a man!"

[ShadowBun]

shouldve said

"hey guys, heard the farm next door is giving away free cabbages" :troll:

[dachinesedude]

But it seems to me even chinese people hate chinese people. :)

you got that right

hongers and taiwanese hate mainland chinese with a passion

[boss_clad]

wow, poor guy, but what an idiot. whether this be in china or anywhere else in the world, you never give away free shit unless you're ready to give it ALL away.

even though he had great intentions, he's a fuckin' fool if he thinks he could control a horde of cheapskates, in a country and culture, where it's common that the people scrimp every chance they get.