“My Dad is Li Gang!” (Chinese: 我爸是李刚!; Pinyin: wǒ bà shì lǐ gāng) is a popular catchphrase used ironically among Chinese netizens to avoid responsibility. The phrase stems from a fatal hit and run incident that occured near Hebei University in Baoding, China, in which a drunk driver named Li Qiming yelled at his pursuers, “Go ahead, sue me if you dare. My dad is Li Gang!”1, referring to the Deputy Director of Baoding Public Security Bureau.

Yao’s case has sparked rages on the internet, where most netizens believe that Yao must be given the death penalty for justice. They worry that the “My father is Li Gang” case will happen again.

Military vehicles in China using their special privileges to drive as they please can be said to be a common sight, but recently in Guangzhou on Taojin North Road appeared a male foreign national (pictured) who boldly blocked such a car on the street and even criticized the military driver on the scene for violating traffic regulations. After the incident was captured on camera by a city resident and uploaded onto the internet, it immediately caused a sensation.

The above high definition copy comes from popular Chinese video sharing website Youku, where it has accumulated over ~2 million views, over 8300 comments spanning over 279 pages, and over 23k upvotes within 22 hours of being uploaded. These numbers are still rapidly rising as of this time. Just over the past hour, this video added an additional 200k views and 4k upvotes.

It seems that the city’s efforts to control Beijing’s traffic has been working. In a change from the usual traffic trends, a new quarterly report shows that the duration of traffic jams have dropped by a full hour on average, a significant drop when last year's congestion averaged at two hours and fifteen minutes.