2010 Chinese school attacks
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The 2010 Chinese school attacks were a series of uncoordinated mass stabbings, hammer attacks, and cleaver attacks in the People's Republic of China beginning in March of 2010. The spate of attacks left at least 21 dead and some 90 injured, posing a crisis for China's top leaders, who are trying to figure out what is motivating the unusual violence. What is also unusual is that violent crimes are rare in China and rarely occur as frequently as this.
Most families in China have just one child due to the Government's One-child policy (计划生育政策).[1] Analysts have blamed mental health problems caused by rapid social change for the rise in these kind of mass murder and murder-suicide incidents.[2] An estimated 91 percent of Chinese citizens believed to be suffering mental health issues are never treated.[3]
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[edit] March
On March 23, 2010, Zheng Minsheng (郑民生)[4] 42, killed eight with a knife in an elementary school in Nanping,[1] Fujian province;[5] The attack was widely reported in Chinese media (called 南平实验小学重大凶杀案),[4] sparking fears of copycat crimes.[5] Following a quick trial, the criminal was executed about one month later, on April 28.[1]
[edit] April
Just a few hours after the execution of Zheng Minsheng,[6] in Leizhou,[7] Guangdong another knife-wielding man at a different elementary school wounded 16 students and a teacher.[5] On April 29 in Taixing,[1] Jiangsu, 47-year-old Xu Yuyuan went to a kindergarten and stabbed 28 students, two teachers and one security guard;[5] most of the Taixing students were 4 years old.[8] On April 30, Wang Yonglai used a hammer to cause head injury to preschool children in Weifang,[1] Shandong, then used gasoline to commit suicide by self-immolation.[5]
[edit] May
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An attacker named Wu Huanming, 48, killed seven children and two adults and injured 11 other persons with a cleaver at a kindergarten in Hanzhong, Shaanxi on May 12, 2010;[1] early reports were removed from the internet in China, for fear that mass coverage of such violence can provoke copycat attacks.[1][9] The attacker later committed suicide at his house.
[edit] Causes of the events
As described above, the main cause of these incidents is believed to be the rapid social changes in China during (especially) the last 10 years. During this time, more and more migrant workers from the rural areas have moveed to the urban cities such as Shanghai,etc to find jobs. However because they do not have have social security (because of the hukou system), many of them are uninsured incase they are hospitalized,etc. Plus because of the recent economic crisis, some migrant workers have lost their jobs( which is seen as a shame in China) and have had to return to their native villages jobless and unemployed. But it is still unclear why only schools are being targeted : one reason could be that children are seen as most precious in a nation where there is a one child policy.
Other explanations for these events are that they could be copycat crimes.
[edit] Response
At first the government reported these incidents as normal news. However after they became more and more frequent (5 attacks in 2 months), the news became less public, so not to raise public anger and unrest at the events. The state media (Xinhua) has also tried to refrain itself from asking why that only schools are being targeted.
[edit] See also
- 2009 Chengdu bus fire
- List of countries by intentional homicide rate
- Economic reform in the People's Republic of China
- Urbanization in the People's Republic of China
- Demographics of the People's Republic of China
- Mental health in China
- Yang Jia
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[edit] References
- ^ a b c d e f g BODEEN, CHRISTOPHER (May 12, 2010). "9 killed in latest attack at China school". Associated Press. http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gbb3SvwJW0F1Te35LxNwJDk2UBnQD9FL8K0O0.
- ^ "China knife attack 'kills eight'". BBC News. 9 May 2010. http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/8670662.stm.
- ^ "Seven Children Killed in School Attack in China". New York Times. May 12, 2010. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/05/13/world/asia/13china.html?hp.
- ^ a b "福建南平血案二审宣判：郑民生杀人被判死刑-搜狐新闻". Sohu. 2010年3月23日. http://news.sohu.com/s2010/fujianxiongshaan/.
- ^ a b c d e FlorCruz, Jaime (May 3, 2010). "Execution does not stop Chinese knife attacks". CNN. http://www.cnn.com/2010/WORLD/asiapcf/05/02/china.attacks/index.html?hpt=T3.
- ^ CANAVES, SKY (APRIL 30, 2010). "Knife Attacks Plague Schools in China". Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748704423504575213162326321030.html.
- ^ "Nine dead in Chinese school knife attack". Times Online. May 12, 2010. http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article7123716.ece.
- ^ "Children hurt in China knife attack". Al Jazeera. April 29, 2010. http://english.aljazeera.net/news/asia-pacific/2010/04/20104295124676276.html.
- ^ [1]"China school attack leaves 9 dead," Associated Press report, CBS News, May 12, 2010. Retrieved May 12, 2010
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