China suffers eruptions from its simmering discontents
Amid random violence and increasing protests, fears mount for social stability
Aseries of violent attacks has shaken China in recent weeks. On November 11th, 35 people were killed and 43 injured when a man drove through a crowd in Zhuhai, a southern city. The police said he was angry at how assets had been divided after his divorce. Five days later in the eastern city of Wuxi, eight were stabbed to death at a vocational school by a former student, said to be unhappy about his pay after graduation. Three days after that, several people were injured when a car rammed into families waiting outside a primary school in Changde, a city in Hunan, a central province.
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This article appeared in the China section of the print edition under the headline “Tightening their grip”

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