When a comedian tried to throw a plate of shaving foam at Rupert Murdoch during his testimony in the British parliament, Murdoch’s wife, Wendi Deng (鄧文迪), leapt at the perpetrator with the vigor of an American football player and hit him with the precision of a volleyball player going for the decisive smash, as the world held its breath.
Very Chinese, Deng’s reaction was different from how other people reacted: Murdoch and his son James did not try to evade the attack or hit back, while an assistant held out an arm to try to stop the attacker. Deng, however, did not try to stop the attack, but hit back, as if wanting to avenge her husband and prove that attack is the best defense.