Here is the latest on the story of men getting excited over the CPR performed on a woman who had drowned in China. A video showing CPR being administered to a married woman in her twenties at a beach has recently gone viral; it has garnered 15 million views, and reports indicate that she survived.
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The video from China that previously went viral shows CPR being performed on a woman who had drowned.
Video of CPR for Drowning Victim Sparks Online Abuse Against Rescuer
In China, videos showing CPR being performed on drowning victims frequently go viral, sparking repeated public controversies. In July 2025, a male doctor passing by on a street in Hunan Province administered life-saving measures to a woman who had lost consciousness; however, as the video circulated online, he faced a backlash with accusations such as “touching her chest.” Although the woman survived, the doctor who stepped in to help became the target of criticism.
While some argued that the rescue of a female patient should have been left to a female doctor, many others defended the physician, noting that the situation would have been dire without his intervention. Experts have pointed out that such excessive online criticism risks fostering an atmosphere where people might hesitate to take immediate, life-saving action. The pattern—where the person who actually saved a life ends up exposed to public scrutiny while the video is consumed merely as “viral content”—is a recurring theme in incidents like this one.
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