Pengci

Pèngcí (碰瓷 lit. touching or bumping porcelain) is the practice of crooks placing ostensibly expensive, fragile items (usually porcelain) in places where they may easily be knocked over, allowing them to collect damages when the items are damaged.[1] Recently, pengci has been expanded to include a predominantly Chinese crime where scammers feign injury in traffic accidents in order to extort money from drivers.[2][3]

The term has been extended to describe “broken porcelain” diplomacy, in which any foreign criticism of the Chinese government, or its strategic issues, is met with manufactured outrage, shattering the "porcelain of diplomacy" and fanning popular anger.[1]

The melon drop scam in the western world is similar to Pengci which originally targeted Japanese tourists due to the high price of watermelon in Japan. The scammer will bump or cause the mark to bump into them causing the scammer to drop a watermelon. The scammer may then receive upwards of $100 for "compensation".[4][5]

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References
  1. Bandurski, David (2018-10-17). "China's new diplomacy in Europe has a name: broken porcelain". the Guardian. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  2. "碰瓷 | 漢龍文化中心東京校". longmandarin.co.jp. Retrieved 2016-11-29.
  3. Schmitz, Rob (December 28, 2016). "A Chinese Woman Does A Really Bad Job Pretending To Be Hit By A Car". NPR.
  4. Staff (2014-11-24). "Look Out for These Eleven New York City Scams". villagevoice.com. Retrieved 24 March 2020.
  5. Murphy, Ryan. "The Melon Drop". AskMen. Retrieved 24 March 2020.


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