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China executes 2 after back-to-back mass killings that shook the nation

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China executes 2 after back-to-back mass killings that shook the nation

China has executed two men placed on death row after separate deadly attacks in the same week in November, according to state news agency Xinhua. Fan Weiqiu, 62, was convicted of deliberately driving his SUV into a group of people exercising outside a sports centre in Zhuhai on November 11. The attack killed 35 people … Read more

Local officials replaced in wake of China’s worst lone wolf car attack in Zhuhai

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Local officials replaced in wake of China’s worst lone wolf car attack in Zhuhai

Heads have continued to roll among senior local Communist Party officials in the southern Chinese city of Zhuhai more than a month after a deadly car attack left 35 people dead, although the departures have not been explicitly linked with the incident. Zhang Qiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Zhuhai Municipal People’s … Read more