Anti-U.S. media figure gets head stuck in escalator at D.C. airport

By Shanghaiist on Jan 27, 2012

By Cal Widdall

Sima nan head stuck.jpg 'Anti-American warrior' Sima Nan (司马南) has lost his latest battle... with an escalator. The media figure, famous for his rants against the U.S., was visiting Washington, D.C. (located in America, last we checked) and managed to get his head stuck between an airport escalator rail and an approaching section of wall at Dulles International Airport.

Sima has claimed he will sue the airport, as there was no sign to warn him he shouldn't stick his head off the side of the escalator as a large, concrete ceiling neared. Apparently some people do need those signs.

Before boarding his flight to the U.S., he posted the following on Weibo (translated by Tea Leaf Nation):

“America is the enemy of all the people in the world. It produces IOUs (U.S. dollars) in exchange for real products, and exploits countries around the world. It has planted economic roots on all continents. Its energy consumption level is more than ten times the world average. It’s like a giant tumor. Its military bases are all around the world. All wars after World War II were instigated, engineered or started by America. People around the world and governments of different countries are questioning [American policy]…”

Chinese netizens have reacted rather unsympathetically towards the outspoken essayist, who has been busy updating his microblog from hospital. Many have labelled the incident a 'Chinese New Year Comedy Special', whilst others have congratulated the C.I.A. for their successful development of an artificially intelligent escalator.

We've no doubt it's only a matter of time before we hear a scathing response from Sima Nan. Perhaps he'll allege that American exceptionalism doesn't exist, at least when it comes to escalator safety.

Or maybe we should be bracing our necks -selves for a vigorous order to "Shut up!" sometime soon.


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  • hahahaha what a stupid bitch he is.
  • r_s_g
    So I presume that after the injury he choose not to go the hospital and avail himself of U.S. taxpayer-funded emergency medical treatment, right? Because that might be construed as hypocritical...
  • LSD2012
    American visa to Chinese could be issued only when the applicants duly bought a policy which include so-called "emergency medical treatment". The policy is avaible to anyone, no matter he is a brown-noser to US or an 'Anti-American warrior' who tells the truth that America "produces IOUs (U.S. dollars) in exchange for real products".
  • r_s_g
    Except you're wrong--foreign visitors, Chinese and otherwise, don't need to present any proof of medical coverage to obtain a B (visitor) visa to the U.S.
  • PeteMaverickMitchell
    Can we shove him and Kong together and make them live on the Spratleys?
  • Peanut_Butter
    Actually, some places that have escalators have those plastic guards between an approaching wall and the escalator's moving handrail.  Apparently, some people do look out or over the side of the escalator and hit their heads when a wall passes.
  • cubicspline
    That was a mean trick by the evil western imperialists.
  • terroir
    I guess he can't handle the freedom of being responsible for oneself.

    That said, this was an awful accident waiting to happen.  In the USA, there is loose change scattered all around the bottom of escalators.
  • defiantroa
    or sheer stupidity from a traveller
  • henryezra
    Of course he exaggerated the facts, that doesn't means the fact that USA was and still is evil is inaccurate. Duh. Kudos for Shanghaiist for showing your true color. Not red but blue with red and white stripes. LOL
  • PeteMaverickMitchell
    Wait, wait wait. So you're telling me an English language website which is part of Gothamist media and has mainly expat writers exhibits a Western oriented outlook?

    Mind. Blown.
  • terroir
    You can't honestly blame a set of people with a victim mentality for beiing victims.  It's giving them what they want. 

    It's like a group of starving people who pay admission to a competitive eating contest instead of buying themselves a meal, and just complain about being hungry.

    But then again, the restaurant next door is empty - you can't expect Chinese to walk into an empty restaurant, can you?
  • LSD2012
    Shanghaiist's true color can be shown only when Richard Gere's head stuck between an escalator in Shanghai.
  • mark starr
    Like (in the closet) pastors raging against gays, so to does Sima Nan rage against America.
  • defiantroa
    Yes America is giant tumor. Apparently your keen eyesight has lead you to nail that fact point blank right on your head. You poor dumb fuck.
  • Peanut_Butter
    It's not a tumor!
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