China was mostly of its time split in different small countries, ruled by some kind of warlords until the bravest one did not decide to unify all those small countries(via a bloody massacre) to become again a Greater China.
Chiang Kai Sheck was almost more concerned about his own country mens than the japanese approaching the country.
For chinese first it comes what matters me directly,my family,relatives and friends,the outside world can go to die…
This self centred attitude reached its zenith after the cultural revolution who add a deep sense of distrust among each other turning out in todays nobody trusteach other Dog-eat-dog society …

Basically, it comes down to a tricky balance of how does it benefit them. This in itself is an extremely complicated thing to understand as it doesn’t neccessarily go by the rules of what we consider a “benefit”. Either way, the defending/fending off thing doesn’t play into it – that requires a sense of justice or “right”, something that is very far away from any service the police provide…

Check out “Birds of a Feather: A Laowai Warning” at my other blog, it might give you some insight on what standing up for what’s “right” brings.

Let’s say I want to help… And let’s say I do intervene in a situation like that…And let’s say I hypothetically break the guy’s face… should I be expecting some jail time and/or deportation?

In general, what is the police attitude towards foreigners defending themselves/fending of attackers?

Now if we can only find a reason for them not doing anything when they see a car accident on the road…

I like the way the newsreader warned parents not to let their children watch it though.

Strange, someone had an argument with the bus driver here in Sheffield on my way to work this morning, because the guy was standing in the middle of the road and the bus nearly hit him. Fortunately, no elbows or rocks were thrown, but I’m pretty sure that it would’ve been stopped long before it got to that stage.