Tag Archives: crime

Law and ethics in cases of rape

This is the 1510 Digest, a weekly roundup of recent essays and articles published on the Chinese web, with links to translations on the Marco Polo Project. China just celebrated International women’s day, even offering women half a day off work. This … Continue reading

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Disgruntled retired woman firebombs board meeting

The front page of the Jinan Times (济南晚报) in Shandong today carries the gruesome tale of an attack by a retired but disgruntled former employee on a board meeting at a water supply company in Shaoyang (邵阳市) in Hunan province. Just after … Continue reading

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Chinese criminal gang arrested in Angola

The front pages of various Chinese newspapers yesterday featured the story of 37 Chinese criminal suspects that were arrested for a whole host of misdeeds that they carried out against other Chinese nationals in Angola. The front page of the Jing … Continue reading

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Violent criminal Zhou Kehua killed in Chongqing

The front page of today’s Chongqing Shangbao is dedicated to yesterday’s shooting of the serial killer Zhou Kehua. The headline says the “violent criminal Zhou Kehua was killed”, and includes the subheading: “He who shot the guard on March 19 was gunned … Continue reading

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Legless mountaineer and other stories from China’s front pages

A few heart-warming stories from the front pages of China’s newspapers today, and a more disturbing one as a notorious criminal is killed. From Shanxi Evening News (山西晚报) comes the inspirational story of Chen Zhou (陈州), a man from Shandong with no … Continue reading

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Chinese students living in fear in the USA

“You own a BMW, you poor little rich kid.” “They deserved to die.” These were two comments from Chinese Internet users responding to the murder of two Chinese students at University of Southern California in April this year. The students … Continue reading

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Coked up bankers of Hong Kong

The financial community in Hong Kong is buried in white powder according to one friend of a Hong Kong-based banker who recently jumped to his death after a cocaine binge.

What is going on?

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Commerce official Guo Jingyi convicted: fallout from Huang Guangyu

The fallout from the conviction of Huang Guangyu begins: a high ranking official from Ministry of Commerce is sentenced to death, with a two year reprieve.

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School knife attacks and syphilis

A podcast on the recent spate of knife attacks at Chinese schools, and the starnge resurgence of a curable, preventable sexually transmitted disease.

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A tribute to Bo Xilai

Crime buster Bo Xilai is praised in an online music video as “a peacetime hero”.

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