Leaving Beijing on the wings of kindness
22 years, 3 months ago

Leaving Beijing on the wings of kindness

China Daily  

China Daily website is inviting foreigner readers to share your China Story! and here are some points that we hope will help contributors: In October 2006, after a short visit to China, my wife and I were leaving our Beijing Hotel to go to the airport to fly back home to New York. As we traveled the wide boulevards full of traffic and people and had our last looks at The Forbidden City walls, our driver miscalculated his breaking ability and gently hit the car in front of us. Shortly, or what seemed like a long time, the driver came back, gave us a sad look and signaled us out of the car. Upon reaching a safe perch he hailed a cab from a side street, told the driver to take us to the airport, paid the cab driver with the money he had been pre-paid with, stuffed us in the cab and sent us on our way uttering but one little word, perhaps the only English word he knew: “Sorry”.

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