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Article: Taxi driver in SW China honored for bravery
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- March 25, 2003
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Taxi driver in SW China honored for bravery
CHONGQING, March 25 (Xinhua) -- A taxi driver who almost died
after trying to stop a robbery in southwest China's Chongqing City
has been honored for his courage with a lifetime taxi license.
Twenty-six-year-old Zhang Chuan came upon the crime a week ago
when he saw two thieves trying to escape after robbing a female
university student.
Zhang got out of his car to help the woman retrieve her property,
but was stabbed during the fracas. He was hospitalized and his
condition has just been downgraded from critical.
After Zhang's heroism was publicized, the Taxi Management Office
of Chongqing Municipal Public Security ...