Tourist passes out after breaking expensive jade bracelet

Speakers: Li Ningjing and Sam Duckett

[Photo: Baidu.com]

A female tourist recently visited a jade shop in Yunnan and accidently dropped and broke 30,000 yuan jade bracelet when the shop assistant told her how much it cost.

The woman panicked after hearing the price and when she was urgent to get the bracelet off, it slipped from her hand and fell on the floor. It broke into two pieces.

Immediately, the woman began having a panic attack, with her heartbeat speeding up and her head spinning she soon passed out into the arms of fellow customers. Images have gone viral on Chinese social showing bystanders trying their best to wake up the fainted woman.

The two sides have not yet agreed on compensation. One third-party appraiser has valued the bracelet at 180,000 yuan. Meanwhile, the woman's family has offered to pay 70,000 yuan. 

The audio clip is from Studio+, produced by CRI.