Mainland China and Hong Kong Battle Over Urine and Feces

Urine and feces have been a hot topic among Hong Kongers the past week, leading to Chinese netizens calling for a boycott of Hong Kong on June 1. It all began with a dispute between locals and Chinese mainland tourists over a toddler who reportedly answered the call of nature on a Hong Kong street. Videos of the clash went viral over the last week, stirring online uproar in both Hong Kong and the mainland, prompting Foreign Policy to brand the incident "bladdergate." Several video clips capturing the alleged event have spread around the Internet. In one, seen by CNN, A Hong Konger can be seen yelling "We have called the police," while the enraged father asks, "Do you have kids? Don t your kids need to pee?" The mother claimed not to know where the toilets were. MORE: China s first tourism law comes into effect, tourists issued manners guides Some locals came out in the parents defense, saying, "Don t scare the kid. It s not a big deal." The fiasco ends when the police arrive. The parents were arrested on suspicion of theft and assault, but were not charged. facebook.com/strictlydumpling @mikexingchen Subscribe to strictly dumpling http://www.youtube.com/user/strictlydumpling?sub_confirmation=1