If it was not for the fact I found this on Chinese-language media – I would think this was a fake (anti-China) article emanating from the West. However, the fact that a “settlement” has already been reached suggests the story is true and I assume the woman concerned has received a financial sum as compensation. The CPC used to have a liberal attitude toward smoking – creating a completely independent tobacco industry designed to “purify” the smoking experience and remove all the negative health effects from it – a very different approach to the abstaining and disapproving West. It seems that as the older generation dies-away – the Chinese State is directing Chinese society away from any public displays of smoking. It would seem that the woman in question (the “victim”) was attempting to enforce the law at the Bus Station – but was “arrested” alongside the man allegedly breaking the law. The fact the CPC has allowed this story to be perpetuated into the foreign media suggests a damage limitation exercise is in effect.
SANGHA KOMMUNE (SSR) 