Comrades, learn from expat "Lei Feng"

• Source: Global Times
• [02:03 November 13 2009]
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But when Chinese society's fear of fraud goes to the extreme of seeing a person dying without even performing the easy and harmless act of calling an ambulance, it reflects a more serious problem and widespread moral erosion.

The focus on economic development and personal gains in the past few decades has resulted in a fundamental change of Chinese people's values and moral standards.

I bet many of the younger generations growing up in a money-driven society don't even know the name Lei Feng. And even if they do, they may ridicule him for his "silly" philosophy of helping others without considering the cost and risk.

Just for this reason, we may need to create a more up-to-date exemplar to wake the conscience of the Chinese people. Since many Chinese worship Western countries and look up to Western people, maybe this time we should have an expat model. The ex-pat in the news report can easily serve as one.

Following the pattern of "Learn from Lei Feng," who "treated people with the warmth of the spring," we should learn from the expat his firm faith in human kindness and honesty, his humane affection toward the Chinese people and the country, his commitment to help others under social pressure, and his heroic spirit of being ready to face fraud without caring for his personal safety.