China Celebrates Teachers Day, but the Teachers Are Freaking Out
September 10, 2010
China’s obsession with education is taking its toll on teachers.
Tag Archives: school violence
Another Knife Attack at a China Kindergarten
August 4, 2010
Yet another China school attack. Details are still sketchy, but here are a few links to get you up to speed.
Net Cops: What About the Children?
July 14, 2010
Police in Chongqing have tightened online monitoring in response to recent school violence.
Another Attack on China Court Officials
June 10, 2010
Are we seeing a new trend? Second act of violence against court officials is a brutal acid attack.
NDRC Says No New School Fees for Additional Security
June 4, 2010
OK, which degenerate, tone deaf school administration(s) started charging parents more money for added security measures?
The 2010 China Violence Show Continues
June 2, 2010
The China violence show continues with a court shooting. Nothing too remarkable here, but it makes for good headlines.
Capitalism Made Me Do It: A Response
May 19, 2010
Yet another post on the causes of the school violence. This time, some clarification about income inequality as a contributory factor of the incidents.
What Stephen Sondheim Can Teach Us About School Violence
May 18, 2010
Valuable insight on China’s school violence problem comes from strange sources. What can we learn from lyricist and Broadway sage Stephen Sondheim?
School Violence: Huang Hung On Blaming The Press
May 17, 2010
Huang Hung, writing at The Daily Beast about school violence, talks about blaming the press for copycats.
China Suffers Yet Another Horrific School Attack
May 12, 2010
Nothing much to say on this latest attack. Modus operandi sounds similar to the others: kindergarten, knife, several victims. Possible “motive” (aside from being crazy) is not yet clear at this time. China’s epidemic of stabbing attacks continued Wednesday with an assailant killing seven children and wounding many more at a school, officials said. The [...]
The Police Statization of China’s Schools
May 4, 2010
You are now under lock down. You will be monitored at all times. No unauthorized personnel will be allowed onto school property, or anywhere nearby. It’s not surprising that following a string of horrible acts of violence at primary schools, security measures in China schools will be beefed up considerably. It is rather sad, though. [...]
Explaining Away the Violence: A First Look at Recent School Attacks in China
April 30, 2010
I was at my desk yesterday morning, as usual trying to do work, read news, and keep an eye on email and Twitter all at the same time. In addition to checking out various other stories in the news, I was still trying to digest the details of a horrifying tale from Shandong Province involving [...]