Indian tourists in China participated in the New Year celebration, shouting "India NB" and causing chaos, was taken away by police on the spot!
On the night of January 1, 2026, during a New Year's Eve countdown event at the central square of a city in southern China, tens of thousands of people gathered. According to eyewitnesses and on-site videos, an Indian man suddenly shouted "India NB!" (meaning "India is awesome") in a densely packed crowd with high security, which immediately caused surrounding crowds to become agitated.
Subsequently, in order to protect the safety of the scene, the on-duty police quickly intervened and took him away from the scene. Later, the local public security department confirmed that the man was legally dealt with for suspected disturbance of public order.
At festival nodes such as New Year's Day and the Spring Festival, the public security organs usually deploy a large number of police forces in advance, and remain highly sensitive to behaviors that may affect order. For acts of disturbing public order in public places, warnings or fines can be imposed; for more serious circumstances, detention of five to ten days can be imposed.
In a cross-year event where thousands of people gather and emotions are high, any abnormal shouting could be regarded as a potential risk source, especially against the background of recent global incidents of festival terrorism or stampede accidents.
Secondly, although "India NB" is often used in India to express national pride, in China, this is purely a provocative statement, which would inevitably lead to local panic. On-site video shows that after the man's shout, the surrounding crowd briefly pushed and squeezed, and the security personnel immediately activated emergency response. This combination of "language misunderstanding + high-pressure environment" amplifies the public safety attributes of this slogan.
An Indian person, you shout "India NB" in China, do you still think it's in India? Especially recently, the relationship between India and China is not very harmonious, this is just pure provocation. How to say, we can only say that the police officers are very wise, otherwise this Indian boy might have been beaten up.
Original article: toutiao.com/article/1853168902438919/
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