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Shanghai not as Safe as Before Its all relative. I feel Shanghai is very safe compared to the US. Whewnever you have millions of people there will always be a percentage that has criminal intent or act out of anger etc. For a major city Shanghai is very well policed and relatively safe. If you go looking for trouble anywhere you will find it. My question is Shanghai actually less safe? Or are they being more open about crimes occurring that they did not disclose in the past? In a recent article I read comparing 100 chinese cities Shanghai still rated in the top ten for safety. I dont think we need to take out our dirty clothes. The beggars are part of gangs they are not frustrated poor people. The police will deal with it in sue time. |
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No Baggars Premitted on Metro? I stopped giving money to beggars a long time ago. They are mostly controlled by gangs who take their money. Giving money does not help these people. It is a social situation and its horrible. Parents dragging small babies out in the foul weather to all hours of the night chasing people for money. On Mao Ming Lu one little boy sold flowers I always bought them and gave him extra money. One day he was crying and we asked him what was wrong. He said that he was not making enough money and his "handler" was beating him. These are exploited people being managed by criminals. Boycotting maybe a cheap solution by the government but it does not address the actual issue that the criminals need to be dealt with and the exploited poor need ro be helped. |