‘Ignorant and fearless’: Video of women cleaning 11th-floor windows with no safety harnesses shocks Chinese Internet

Two women filmed cleaning high-rise windows without any safety gear start work safety debate after video goes viral. A stunned neighbour who saw the pair cleaning while holding window frames says he was terrified they would fall. — SCMP

Two women in northeastern China filmed cleaning windows outside an 11th-floor flat without safety harnesses have renewed debate on workplace safety in a country where deaths from falls remain common.

The viral video taken by a neighbour in an opposite building in Songyuan, Jilin province, showed the women standing on a windowsill wearing aprons and face masks and no safety equipment, media outlet Farmer Channel reported.