Airport Meltdown: Woman insults locals, says she can shut down the internet

Kevin McGeary , July 23, 2013 10:00am

There seem to be two memes happening in China right now: the bomb threat, and the airport meltdown.

A woman at Guangzhou Baiyun Airport, frustrated by a delay, indulged in the following rant (which starts at 00:15 in the video) to fellow passengers.

The rant translates as follows:

I’m from Shandong I tell you! From Shandong! You people are so disgusting! If you want to think I’m mentally ill then go ahead. My father’s name is (too muffled to hear). My mother’s name is Chen. My father is a national-level government official. He was a provincial-level cadre before. So if you people want to play I’ll play with you.

If anything happens to me, you Guangdong people will have to change your mayor (sic). We Shandong people have so many superstars among us. I’m a minor celebrity myself.

Then a man asked her whether she had a ticket to fly. She responded: “You’re local, so I won’t talk to you.”

You bastard! You local people are just trying to wind us Shandong people up. I am representing Shandong Province, and I am also representing some people in the Beijing government itself when I say: “You go as far as to say I have mental health problems? My mental health is fine.”

She then pulled out her air ticket as well as several other identifying documents.

I’ve never shown anybody these documents before. Please log into my website. My qq number is 22****967. If anybody tries to mess with me, I could have the entire internet shut down.

When passengers were permitted to board the plane, she stated: “I am an ambassador of justice.” After she stood on a rail and continued to rant, security personnel finally arrived. She got down on the floor and accused them of trying to hit her.

She was eventually subdued and dragged away kicking and screaming.

Considering some of the recent goings on at mainland airports, taking the extra time to travel by train or bus may be worth it.

Kevin McGeary

China hand, bawdy balladeer.