A few days ago, Taiwanese celebrity and professional race car driver Jimmy Lin’s severe car accident attracted a lot of public attention. While many media outlets provided comprehensive coverage, the mainland media focused mainly on the vehicle he was driving in the accident.

 Let’s put aside the cause of the accident and look at it from a different perspective. What would have happened if the accident had occurred in Communist China?

 As seen in many social media posts of similar accidents in Communist China in the past, onlookers at the scene were generally taking pictures, recording videos and shouting “it’s over, it’s over” and “it’s gone, it’s gone”. They would call the police but it was rare to see anyone offering emergency help to the injured. But why?

 According to the Taiwanese media reports, moments after Lin’s car accident, passerby Wu rushed into the vehicle that had just caught fire and first rescued Lin’s 6-year-old son.

 After that, the front end of the car then fell into flames, Wu did not hesitate to rush back into the burning vehicle, with the help of the people around, rescued Lin who was in a semi-conscious state and trapped inside the car.

 Seconds after Lin was pulled out, half of the car was engulfed in flames.

 After the incident, Wu said in an interview “Actually I was afraid of a sudden explosion, but it is impossible to watch a living person being burned to death.”

 What if the accident happened in Communist China?

 In many cases, such a heroic act of saving a person’s life can lead to trouble in Communist China.