‘Never mess with a Chinese woman’: student chases Italy phone thief, attracts 2 million likes

A female student who chased a phone thief in Italy and retrieved her stolen property has been widely praised on mainland social media. - Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin

BEIJING: Three students from China who chased a thief for 800 metres after the phone was stolen at a subway station in Italy have been praised for their bravery by netizens.

Koukou, a student from Yunnan in southwestern China, is studying architecture at the Polytechnic University of Milan.