Hello all,

A female foreign teacher from the UK was the victim of an attempted abduction/kidnapping by a taxi driver yesterday (September 1st 2012) in Changde, Hunan, China.

As she is still in a state of shock, details remain sketchy and no official report exists as to the facts. I have however been able to gleen the following from her:

She entered a taxi on the evening of the 1st and the driver drove away at speed without any to attempt to assertain her destination. The male driver spead away in the opposite direction to the school as she showed him the address of the school in Chinese on a card. She became increasingly upset and tried a number of methods to communicate with the driver, who completely ignored her and continued driving. About 1 minute later, she opened the door and jumped out at considerable speed, causing deep brusing and scars, mostly to the leg.

Then, a group of locals gathered round, and proceeded to try to coerce her to return to the taxi.

Information is missing at this point - but she did end up having her wounds treated at a local hospital and was returned to her school.

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