The ongoing debate about whether it’s acceptable to recline your seat while traveling has taken a turn in China’s Hunan province after a man was fined for leaning back on a train.
Court documents released in November saw officials take a dim view of the March 2022 incident in which a university student, identified only by his surname, Wang, had his laptop damaged while on a train to the city of Wuhan.
Wang had been using his recently purchased computer on a foldable seat-back table when the man sitting in front, named Liu, reclined — right into Wang’s laptop, breaking the screen.
After getting his laptop fixed, Wang subsequently sued Liu for RMB 4788.50 ($685) to cover the cost of repairs and travel to a police station to report the incident.
Source:
CNN
