Couple is surrounded and bashed by group of teens in alleged racist attack - as the footage goes viral in China
At least a dozen youths were seen tackling a woman to the ground and repeatedly hitting and kicking her in a video of the attack shared to TikTok on Thursday.
Her male companion is seen on the phone, presumably calling for help, while desperately trying to block some of the violent blows.
The woman was punched and kicked for almost a minute before the youths fled the playground after a passerby with a dog intervened.
'Can you believe this?' the caption of the video read.
'In Australia, a Chinese couple was surrounded and brutally attacked by over 20 teenagers in the street - just because they spoke Chinese.
'This isn't an isolated case - there have been similar attacks in Redfern and Waterloo. The police don't care. The media ignores it.
'If we don't speak up, who will?'
The video was also shared on Reddit where viewers were left fuming.
'Enough is enough,' one person wrote.
'In the past few days, Chinese social media has been flooded with videos and posts of Asian students getting violently attacked around Eastgardens. Spat on, shoved, kicked to the ground, beaten while doing nothing but living their everyday lives.
'People are terrified to even defend themselves because they're scared of visa issues. This is racism. This is violence. This is assault. And these teenage thugs? They face zero consequences because they're "just kids".'
Another claimed 'because the victims are international students, migrants, or just quiet Asians trying to keep their heads down, nothing happens'.
'This isn't just harmless teenage mischief. This is targeted, racial violence, and we're sick of watching it happen while the system turns a blind eye,' they said.
'Honestly, these little thugs know they can get away with anything, so they do. It's racism and it's largely targeted towards Asians. The silence on it from the media and lack of accountability these criminals face is a disgrace,' another said.
Another video of youths outside Green Square Station in Alexandria showed the group terrorising staff in a nearby McDonalds before they were removed.
Others speculated the gang was behind other disruptions at Bondi Junction Westfield and in Ultimo, near Sydney's CBD.
'Apparently the same group of teens have been harassing and attacking Asians across a number of Sydney suburbs,' one person wrote.
'Just saw another video of them in a Maccas in Zetland.'
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