Amid a series of violent incidents happening across China, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson claimed that “China is one of the safest countries in the world.” However, attacks and violent incidents continue to occur almost daily in various parts of China.
On July 12, a user named “Overseas Whistleblower” on the overseas social platform X disclosed that on July 9 in Xiamen, Fujian Province, a 14-year-old son asked his mother for an electric motorcycle priced at 4000 to 5000 yuan. When his mother refused to buy it for him, the boy used a pre-prepared dagger to stab his mother over fifty times, leading to her immediate death.
According to local netizens on mainland Chinese social media, this matricide incident occurred on July 9 at the underground parking lot of Baolong Plaza in Tong’an District of Xiamen. The boy wanted to buy the locally popular “Number 9 electric car” favored by middle school students. When his mother disagreed, he brutally stabbed her with a knife, resulting in her death on the spot.
Reported by Hexun.com, on July 10, in a restaurant on Wanda Jin Street in Hangzhou’s Xiangfu Street, a 25-year-old Tan injured 49-year-old Shen with a kitchen knife during a dispute over trivial matters. After being subdued by the police, netizen Pan was summoned by the police on charges of “spreading rumors” for releasing related information and will face consequences.
On July 5, a deliberate injuring incident occurred in Dagujing Street, Jiancheng Street, Jianyang City, Sichuan Province, leaving two people injured. Jianyang police reported that the suspect, Jiang, injured two individuals over a dispute related to daily life matters.
On July 4, the authorities in Shenyang’s Tiexi District reported an incident of a knife attack in the Yangguang Garden community on Xingong South Street, resulting in three fatalities and one injury. The suspect, Wang, who has a history of mental illness, has been apprehended.
Netizens have compiled a list of recent violent incidents in Shenyang, with at least nine incidents occurring after July 2, resulting in at least nine deaths and multiple injuries.
In response to the negative news, the authorities not only block the information but also continuously engage in “rumor mitigation” through the police, state media, and internet influencers.
On July 3, a criminal incident occurred in a residential area in Dongying, Shandong Province, injuring Ma (female, 60 years old), her daughter Ma (female, 25 years old), and her grandson, Liu. Dongying police reported that the suspect, Zhao (Ma’s husband), fled and later committed suicide.
As reported by the Xinjing News, on June 9, in the Zhonghangcheng Community of Pidu District, Chengdu City, a 27-year-old woman was fatally stabbed by a resident of the same complex. On the evening of June 11, the police announced the criminal detention of the suspect, Liang.
On June 18, a major criminal case occurred in the Twenty Families Village of Chasuqi Town, Tumotezuo Banner, Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, where a family of five was wiped out. The police issued a notice to arrest the suspect, Huo. A netizen claiming to be a local villager stated, “Huo was a decent person who was driven to desperation and killed the family of a local bully.”
It is worth mentioning that on June 10, a man in Jilin City stabbed four foreigners and one Chinese tourist, sparking concern and condemnation from the U.S. government and congressional members.
In an attempt to minimize the negative impact of the incident, Lin, the spokesperson for the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs, stated at a press conference on July 11 that “this case is an isolated incident” and reiterated that “China is recognized as one of the safest countries in the world.”
On June 24, Suzhou witnessed another attack targeting foreigners, where a Japanese mother with her preschool-aged son was waiting at a bus stop for the school bus for a Japanese school when they were suddenly attacked by a Chinese man with a knife. Prior to this, a Chinese woman, Hu, had prevented the same man from entering the school bus. Once again, the Chinese Ministry of Foreign Affairs characterized the incident as “an isolated event.”
In reality, such attacks and subsequent killings occur almost daily in China.
On the X platform of overseas social media, a journalist from Epoch Times found that in the past month, there have been 25 videos circulating online depicting attacks and murders by civilians in China.
Some netizens recently compiled a list of upwards of 60 incidents in mainland China involving harm to others or suicide in just over a month, spanning provinces and cities such as Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Yunnan, Sichuan, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hebei, Henan, Jiangsu, Shanghai, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, and Heilongjiang.
Regarding the frequent occurrence of various violent incidents in China and the rising social hostility, Du Wen, former executive director of the Legal Advisory Office of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region Government, told Epoch Times in May this year, “In recent years, under the high-pressure rule of the Communist Party, economic downturn, unfair judicial practices, lack of recourse for the people, severe social psychological pressures have led to a series of social malpractices.”
“Such behavior, coined as ‘extreme behavior induced by social pressure’ or ‘violence induced by social pressure’ in social psychology, is a direct manifestation of social disarray under Communist Party rule,” Du Wen stated.