Seems like a sensationalist “foreigners are so unruly”
I don’t know about that. This is just describing what happened. I don’t see any racism or straight up bullshit in this story like there was in one 2 hours before it which was MUCH more aggressive and essentially a “laowai hit piece” – the bus driver was even quoted saying foreign country people are typically so respectful of safety etc. – you’ll notice the words used to describe the foreigner are also different in this 2-hr earlier version:
http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/hqgj/jryw/2014-08-26/content_12262810.html
This source calls ’em “laowai” throughout, does not have any actual quotes like “it wasn’t painful, it was just insulting” or anything and instead says like, “he beat the driver and sped away”.. it’s way more of a drag foreigners through the mud. Hope the contrast is obvious 😀