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17-05-2013, 11:00 PM
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Bloody Brawl in Chinese Internet Cafe Starts Over Pocket Change
May 15, 2013
at 9:30 am
by C. Custer (http://www.techinasia.com/author/custerc/)
http://www.techinasia.com/techinasia/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/6529020_980x1200_0-315x276.jpg
Last week, an argument between some patrons at a Chinese internet cafe ended in violence (http://games.qq.com/a/20130514/002228.htm#p=1) when one man smashed another in the face with an empty beer bottle. The victim was hospitalized; the aggressor arrested. The sum they were arguing over? 1 RMB ($0.15).
The dispute arose when internet cafe cashier Song Na accidentally charged a Mr. Cui’s card with 1 RMB more than he had paid. Since her wages are only 30 RMB per day ($4.76) and her boss deducts any errors from her wages, she sought out Cui in the cafe to ask him to return 1 RMB. Cui was playing games with his friend Jin and Jin’s girlfriend, and he refused to return the money, saying that she hadn’t charged his card with any extra money. An argument started, Song’s husband ran in to defend her, blows were exchanged, and the parties were ultimately pulled apart relatively unscathed. Song and her husband gave up on getting the 1 RMB back, and Cui and his friends left the cafe.
But Cui’s friend Jin apparently couldn’t get over the conflict, and doubled back to the cafe, grabbing an empty beer bottle along the way. He came up behind Song’s husband as he was getting onto his bike, tapped him on the shoulder, and then smashed him in the face with the beer bottle when he turned around.
In the subsequent interrogation with police, Cui and Jin said that the initial dispute arose in part because they were right in the middle of playing a game and Song had asked them to stop, putting them in a bad mood. Jin also said that Song had cursed at his girlfriend, which pissed him off. Cui was released after a 500 RMB ($79) fine, but Jin has been detained by police. Song’s husband, meanwhile, was hospitalized and racked up a significant medical bill.
Internet cafes are a great way for people without the resources to buy their own computers to access the web, but they can also be a breeding ground for violent disputes, including murders (http://www.techinasia.com/chinese-gamer-murders-burns-house-internet-cuts/), and they’ve also proved a good hunting ground for pedophiles and serial killers (http://www.techinasia.com/child-serial-killer-china-internet/). I have argued before that China’s internet cafes are not a good place for children (http://www.techinasia.com/chinas-net-cafes-agerestricted/), and violent disputes like last week’s bottle-smashing certainly seem to support that hypothesis.
But I also wonder whether internet cafe owners might be better off investing in some security, or alternatively whether they’re something that Chinese police ought to keep a closer eye on. Granted, disputes like this happen all over the place in a country as large as China, but perhaps because of the dark, smoky atmosphere or the often-tired patrons who’ve been gaming for hours on end, internet cafes seem to be particularly fertile soil for conflict. I continue to believe China would be well-served if the government offered some better-lit, better-policed alternatives to internet cafes.
(via QQ Games (http://games.qq.com/a/20130514/002228.htm#p=1))
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?152358-Ah-tiongs-fight-smash-bottle-on-guy-s-face-over-50-cents-RMB&goto=newpost).
Bloody Brawl in Chinese Internet Cafe Starts Over Pocket Change
May 15, 2013
at 9:30 am
by C. Custer (http://www.techinasia.com/author/custerc/)
http://www.techinasia.com/techinasia/wp-content/uploads/2013/05/6529020_980x1200_0-315x276.jpg
Last week, an argument between some patrons at a Chinese internet cafe ended in violence (http://games.qq.com/a/20130514/002228.htm#p=1) when one man smashed another in the face with an empty beer bottle. The victim was hospitalized; the aggressor arrested. The sum they were arguing over? 1 RMB ($0.15).
The dispute arose when internet cafe cashier Song Na accidentally charged a Mr. Cui’s card with 1 RMB more than he had paid. Since her wages are only 30 RMB per day ($4.76) and her boss deducts any errors from her wages, she sought out Cui in the cafe to ask him to return 1 RMB. Cui was playing games with his friend Jin and Jin’s girlfriend, and he refused to return the money, saying that she hadn’t charged his card with any extra money. An argument started, Song’s husband ran in to defend her, blows were exchanged, and the parties were ultimately pulled apart relatively unscathed. Song and her husband gave up on getting the 1 RMB back, and Cui and his friends left the cafe.
But Cui’s friend Jin apparently couldn’t get over the conflict, and doubled back to the cafe, grabbing an empty beer bottle along the way. He came up behind Song’s husband as he was getting onto his bike, tapped him on the shoulder, and then smashed him in the face with the beer bottle when he turned around.
In the subsequent interrogation with police, Cui and Jin said that the initial dispute arose in part because they were right in the middle of playing a game and Song had asked them to stop, putting them in a bad mood. Jin also said that Song had cursed at his girlfriend, which pissed him off. Cui was released after a 500 RMB ($79) fine, but Jin has been detained by police. Song’s husband, meanwhile, was hospitalized and racked up a significant medical bill.
Internet cafes are a great way for people without the resources to buy their own computers to access the web, but they can also be a breeding ground for violent disputes, including murders (http://www.techinasia.com/chinese-gamer-murders-burns-house-internet-cuts/), and they’ve also proved a good hunting ground for pedophiles and serial killers (http://www.techinasia.com/child-serial-killer-china-internet/). I have argued before that China’s internet cafes are not a good place for children (http://www.techinasia.com/chinas-net-cafes-agerestricted/), and violent disputes like last week’s bottle-smashing certainly seem to support that hypothesis.
But I also wonder whether internet cafe owners might be better off investing in some security, or alternatively whether they’re something that Chinese police ought to keep a closer eye on. Granted, disputes like this happen all over the place in a country as large as China, but perhaps because of the dark, smoky atmosphere or the often-tired patrons who’ve been gaming for hours on end, internet cafes seem to be particularly fertile soil for conflict. I continue to believe China would be well-served if the government offered some better-lit, better-policed alternatives to internet cafes.
(via QQ Games (http://games.qq.com/a/20130514/002228.htm#p=1))
Click here to view the whole thread at www.sammyboy.com (http://www.singsupplies.com/showthread.php?152358-Ah-tiongs-fight-smash-bottle-on-guy-s-face-over-50-cents-RMB&goto=newpost).