Of course, besides the chaotic public safety in those major cities, the smaller cities below weren't much better!
Wang Ye still remembered that one of his cousins had her bag snatched by two people on a motorcycle while walking on the main street of the county town in their hometown that summer.
If it had just been the bag being stolen, that would have been one thing.
What was even more hateful was that his cousin had been carrying the bag across her body and, because the quality of the bag was quite good, when the bikers snatched it, they dragged her to the ground and then pulled her several dozen meters along the asphalt road!
She ended up covered in injuries and had to stay in the hospital for a long while…
Back then, many women were afraid to wear gold earrings or necklaces on the street; having their belongings stolen was one thing, but some had their earlobes torn from having their earrings snatched, and others nearly got strangled to death because of their necklaces…
