2010 Sep 28 Census Counts Broken Bones and Dog Bites
A few weeks back we blogged about the month-long pre-census census and real estate agents and police taking advantage of the process to gain access to people’s homes. Today China Daily reported census takers have been facing their own problems, with nearly 200 injuries recorded in Beijing alone.
The China Daily article states, “According to statistics from the Beijing Census Office, there were a total of 188 injuries to enumerators between June 1 and Sept 14, including 94 cases involving broken bones and other injuries, nine of them serious. Most of them injured [sic] during their night visits on suburban regions. There were also 64 injuries from dog bites.”
The article fails to detail what constitutes the nine “serious” injuries, or how exactly how the broken bones were sustained, although it concludes by saying “police will be more careful in handling households including those with mental patients and large dogs.”
The wave of injuries has led some census volunteers to quit and the Public Security Bureau to increase police protection and presence for the census takers.
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croozn
Re: Census Counts Broken Bones and Dog Bites
Try to imagine how many times they would have to use "[sic]" if you attempted to write this in Chinese.
"Most of them injured during their night visits..." didn't rate a [sic] even though "most of them were injured..." would have marginally better.
Niu Bi
Re: Census Counts Broken Bones and Dog Bites
"...would have marginally better" [sic], said a tig bitted broad.