From Chinese Press

A real human tragedy

(China Daily)
Updated: 2010-12-22 10:29

On Dec 12, Zhang Ninghai, a 23-year-old policeman, died while trying to rescue 18 Fudan University students trapped in Huangshan Mountain in Anhui province. Zhang's death is a tragedy indeed, but a greater tragedy is the indifferent attitude of the students, says an article on People's Daily website. Excerpts:

The management of the Huangshan Mountain scenic zone has said the place where the students from Shanghai's Fudan University were trapped is one of the steepest and out of bounds for tourists and trekkers.

The local government warns outsiders not to venture in the area alone, but the students still did so. Some reports said the Fudan University students had not even bought tickets to enter the scenic area.

Worse, the students didn't show any remorse after the accident.

The Fudan University BBS even showed discussions in which participants said entrance tickets were "unnecessary".

Some even said the rescue team was "unprofessional" and the university's power to control the media was waning.

Instead of admitting the mistakes and repenting for them, the students have been selfish and boisterous.

They don't have respect for life and are masters of poor moral standards.

Breaking rules is not a small mistake in itself, but it can still be rectified. But arrogance, lack of ethics and indifference to human life are things that cannot be fixed easily.

Some Fudan University students did lay flowers and mourn the young policeman's death. We hope the others would learn from them and become better citizens and human beings.