Quote Originally Posted by Lao Jia Hou View Post
One Chinese onlooker with foresight told me to get away, quickly, because I am a foreigner. The penny dropped, and I was gone. No guilt on my part, as the scooter guy was a dork who obviously caused the entire crash, and then caused his babe to slip off when he tried to zoom away.

Yeah, I probably would've been extorted.
More importantly, Lao Jia Huo, you kept your cool. With the judicial crowd assembling, had you taken Barry's advice and started cursing or, worse yet, laying a hand on the guy, you'd have guaranteed an extremely hostile situation, and an exponential compounding of your own problems in a situation where your only crime was your presence.

Keep your calm always. Show concern and even contrition, as galling as it might feel at the time. Then make your getaway unless you yourself are unable to do so due to injury. And in that case, callous as it sounds, start making pictures and/or video. Thank god for smart phones.

Anger and aggression by foreigners are NEVER rewarded nor respected in China.