A Chinese professor from Central China's Hunan Province, who was a visiting scholar at the University of Southern California, has fought off a robber in Los Angeles using Chinese kung fu. Photo: screenshot of Haike News on Sina Weibo.

A Chinese professor from Central China's Hunan Province, who was a visiting scholar at the University of Southern California, has fought off a robber in Los Angeles using Chinese kung fu. The video of him taking down the robber has gone viral online, prompting many to say, only half-jokingly, that it "ought to have taught the Americans a lesson to not mess with the Chinese."

Zhou Pigai, a professor of the School of Public Management at Xiangtan University, was walking on a street near Chinatown when a man in black outfit and mask suddenly attacked him. 

Being held at gunpoint, Zhou did not have time to think but spontaneously used his left hand to block the gun, meanwhile he used his right fist to knock the gun to the ground. 

He then ran away dragging his suitcase. As he stopped to check out his wound, the robber caught him again, and took his suitcase. After several rounds of fighting, the robber fled the scene. 

After an initial investigation, the belongings that the robber stole from Zhou were estimated to be worth a total of $3,130, and the local police are further looking into the case.

Global Times