IN THE ABSENCE OF CULTURE:

Are public morals declining in China? (Kevin McGeary, 25 October 2011, openDemocracy)

But there is evidence that the problem of Chinese, especially in urban areas, failing to help strangers goes back much further. Lu Xun wrote about the problem in his 1933 essay, "experience." China has historically suffered from what Hong Kong University research student Trey Menefee called the "Confucian blind spot." China is made up of institutions, such as the family and the work unit, that depend on personal relationships and every person knowing their place. 

Posted by oj at October 25, 2011 6:57 AM
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