The Girl with the Blue Hair

Here’s a strange read from the Chinese internet. An amateur photographer takes some pictures of a girl with blue hair, sitting playing a guitar on railway tracks outside of Beijing. He claims she wanted to kill herself, but he rescues her. He writes about it and publishes the pictures. The girl – or someone claiming to be the girl – responds on another website, with a story of sexual shame and self-disgust.

It says at the top of the page, “This is the Chinese Internet in a nutshell — you can’t trust anyone nowadays. One or more (and possibly all) of these stories have to be false. You decide.” That’s putting it a bit strong, but still…