Yet the event took place in an area of town where foreigners live, and it was only the second open exchange of gunfire in Beijing's streets in the last 45 years. So on that day, the newspapers sold out as soon as they hit the stands. Some people even resold the papers at a higher price.
儘管只是一百多字的新聞報導，但因為事件發生在外國人聚居的使館區，又是四十五年來北京市第二次街頭槍擊，所以當天報紙一出來，馬上被民眾搶購一空，甚至炒高價格。