The latest case of the "Yang Lei Feng" (洋雷锋) phenomenon struck Saturday evening in Dongguan. A Brazilian man was severely beaten in front of a mass of onlookers after he attempted to prevent a thief from stealing a Chinese woman's purse. more ›

In a perfect real-life example of geili, passersby on Hangbiao Road (航标路) in the Zhejiang city of Wenzhou helped to rescue a child caught underneath a black Honda CR-V. The incident occurred at 7:25am on Friday, when a child accompanied by their mother and sister was throwing a sit-down-and-pout tantrum in the middle of the street. more ›

Chinese netizens are swarming over a story about an elderly woman with only 2RMB shown kindness and given a free bowl of soup by a conscientious waitress in a Chongqing restaurant. more ›

Yesterday a video was uploaded online showing multiple passersby rush to aid a pregnant woman who collapsed in Luxun Park in Shanghai on Sunday. Around a dozen people gathered to carry the woman to the park entrance and hailed her a car. When the cameraman asked one of the good Samaritans for his name, the man simply said "I am Shanghainese" (我是上海人). more ›

Taken from Weibo, the above picture shows a male foreigner helping out a man who was seemingly suffering from an epileptic seizure last Friday. According to passengers, an emaciated Chinese man was sitting on Metro Line 2 when he suddenly began to violently shudder and foam at the mouth. A nearby foreigner acted quickly by selflessly putting his expensive wallet into the man's mouth to prevent him from biting off his tongue - a common misconception about seizures. The foreigner stayed with the man and helped him to retrieve pills from his bag before wordlessly getting off the subway. more ›

Shanghaiist has been hearing a lot of rumours of late of dodgy, well, more dodgy behaviour along the Tongren Lu bar strip south of Nanjing Road. This morning, Shanghaiist was forwarded an email by our golf-enthralled editor via one of his trusted acquaintances. The email contained details regarding the assault of two expat males on Tongren Lu this week. more ›