Sometimes, journalists are in the pockets of people. This time, people are in the pockets of journalists: More than 40 theft cases were reported in the first hours of the 2012 Beijing Auto Show.
Pricy equipment was stolen at an alarming rate, reports Global Times. High on the target list of show-going pickpockets: High-end camera lenses that fetch a high price on the used market.
“The first two days of Beijing International Automotive Exhibition, which opened Monday, were reserved for members of the media, with the public being admitted from today until May 2,“ says Global Times. Nevertheless, around 40,000 people showed up on the first day, the paper figures. We have first-hand confirmation that the show was mobbed, and we doubt that the majority was working media.
Says Global Times: “Some attendees have accused the expo of having lax security, which is unable to cope with the crowds, and media have reported that passes for the expo are easily available from scalpers.”
I thought the t-shirt over the face was only an American jail officer trick? Also, nice angle on the lady paying them no attention while being taller than everyone else in the picture.
She’s only taller because she’s wearing stilts for shoes and call them high heels.
Scalpers outside? heh, can get tickets on taobao (like an ebay for china)
Dave, some of the finer nuances to learn in China: Ladies in certain professions (modelling is one of them) get paid by size …
This one is expensive.
By size? I didn’t know that.
Bertel the jokes that you can have with that one.
Sounds like there was tighter security at the SAE World Congress at Cobo in Detroit than at the Beijing Auto Show media preview. There were at least three private K-9 teams working the exhibitors’ area.