The Xu Yunhe Case in Tianjin

• Author: China Law Digest compiled news

Tianjin resident Xu Yunhe and 70-year-old Wang Xiuzhi got into a dispute near Hongqi road in Hongqiao district. According to Wang, Xu’s Compact passenger car had hit her, knocking her down; whilst Xu maintained that he had stopped his car voluntarily in order to get out and help Wang. On June 16, 2011, the Tianjin Hongqiao District Court ruled that Xu was responsible to compensate Wang by a sum of over 180,000 RMB.

The court was of the opinion that there was no way to prove whether or not Xu’s car had come in contact with Wang’s body. However, assuming that there was in fact no contact, the fact that the Defendant was in such a close proximity to...