On November 21st, in Zhuhai, Guangdong, at Gongbei Yuehua Road, a car suddenly accelerated and crashed into pedestrians crossing the zebra crossing, causing at least two people to fall to the ground. The extent of injuries and casualties is unknown. The authorities have sealed off the information. Just 10 days earlier, a car accident occurred at Zhuhai Sports Center, resulting in 35 deaths and 43 injuries.
Videos from the evening of November 21st showed a car speeding up and hitting pedestrians on the zebra crossing in Zhuhai Gongbei area. At least two people fell to the ground, and the car continued forward after the collision. The current situation regarding injuries and casualties remains unclear.
The mainland Chinese internet has blocked related video and picture information, and domestic media have not reported on the incident. However, an official Weibo post from the Zhuhai Public Bus Company around 6:30 pm mentioned temporary traffic restrictions on Yuehua Road, advising bus routes 4, 11, Z17, 35, 36, 56, 101, 62, 82, and K8 to follow police instructions on temporary detours due to the situation.
On overseas platforms, netizens discussed the incident:
– “It’s happening again in Zhuhai.”
– “The country is poorly managed, and the people are under too much pressure.”
– “This looks like a case of operational error.”
– “It seems like the brake was mistaken for the accelerator.”
– “This was clearly intentional.”
China has recently experienced a series of vicious incidents. On November 11th, the indiscriminate vehicle ramming at Zhuhai Sports Center in Guangdong, seen as “revenge against society,” resulted in 35 deaths and 43 injuries. On the 16th, a random attack occurred at Wuxi Institute of Technology in Jiangsu, causing 8 deaths and 17 injuries. On the 19th, a deliberate vehicle ramming incident happened at Yong’an Elementary School in Changde, Hunan.
For instance, in the case of the off-road vehicle ramming into the crowd at Zhuhai Sports Center, the Zhuhai public security bureau reported that the 62-year-old suspect Fan had been dissatisfied with the outcome of his divorce property division but omitted that he had previously contested a court ruling. The suspect in the Wuxi Institute of Technology incident was officially reported to have committed the act due to dissatisfaction with not receiving his graduation certificate and internship payment.
Following the tragic events in Zhuhai, the leader of the Chinese Communist Party, Xi Jinping, ordered enhanced prevention and control of all kinds of violent and harmful incidents. Authorities emphasized the need to control risks at the source. Subsequently, China initiated comprehensive inspections across the country, aiming to investigate and manage nine categories of so-called “four no’s and five losses” dangerous groups.
Historian Li Yuanhua, based in Australia, stated that various grievances in Chinese society have no outlet, leading small problems to escalate into severe social issues. The main issue lies in the CCP’s emphasis on violence, where the people’s only means of venting frustration is through violence. In the absence of morals, they resort to indiscriminate harm, believing it would cause social uproar.
Li Yuanhua believes that the CCP’s stability maintenance efforts do not genuinely address the actual problems faced by the people. The approach seems to focus on suppressing rather than redirecting grievances, intensifying surveillance, making life difficult for everyone. However, despite continuous surveillance by the CCP, the increase in vicious incidents indicates that this method is fundamentally ineffective.