In recent times, there has been an alarming surge in violent incidents involving knife attacks and vehicular assaults in Chinese society, prompting widespread concerns among the populace. The escalating aggression in Chinese society reflects not only the culmination of contradictions and pressures in people’s lives but also serves as a direct manifestation of social chaos under the rule of the Communist Party.
On May 23rd, a man in Xiaochang County, Hubei Province, went on a stabbing spree, resulting in the deaths of 8 people and injuring 1 person, including his own mother.
Two days earlier, on May 21st, reports circulated online of a knife attack on a bus route 37 in Zigong City, Sichuan Province, where a 52-year-old suspect covered in blood was apprehended, with three individuals sustaining stab wounds.
On May 20th, a stabbing incident occurred at a primary school in Guixi, Yingtan, Jiangxi Province, where a woman attacked several students with a knife. Reports indicated the perpetrator was a relative of a school teacher, resulting in at least 2 deaths and 10 injuries.
Later that same day, a man in a park in Chenzhou City, Hunan Province, went on a killing spree, attacking bystanders with weapons, leading to 3 deaths and 2 injuries. However, online rumors suggested the assailant had injured over a dozen people.
The surge of violent incidents continued on May 7th with a knife attack at the People’s Hospital of Zhaotong County, Yunnan Province, leaving 23 people injured, including at least 2 fatalities despite rescue efforts.
In a separate case on April 26th, a driver in Fengkai County, Zhaoqing, Guangdong Province, engaged in a heinous act of violence, first wielding a knife to injure two individuals before resorting to driving into pedestrians on a bridge, where many parents were escorting their children to school.
Back on April 24th, a man in the streets of Shenyang, Liaoning, carried out a knife attack, though the authorities did not disclose the exact number of casualties. However, online sources revealed that the assailant left a trail of violence, resulting in 13 deaths and 9 injuries before being apprehended.
Netizens expressed their shock and concern, commenting on the escalating violence echoing a sense of despair and insecurity permeating society: “The scenarios of these crimes are becoming increasingly hellish.” “There are so many cases of vicious murders everywhere, the society is no longer safe, and I hope everyone can safely navigate each day.” “Many individuals today are facing various hardships in life! The resentment is heavy!”
Regarding the spate of atrocious violent incidents plaguing Chinese society, Du Wen, former Executive Director of the Legal Advisory Office of the Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region government, commented to Da Ji Yuan, “In recent years, with the high-pressure rule of the Communist Party, economic downturn, unjust judiciary, and the lack of avenues for redress for the people, the society is under severe psychological pressure leading to the proliferation of various social malignancies.”
He explained, “This phenomenon, in social psychology, is referred to as ‘extreme behaviors induced by social pressures’ or ‘violence induced by social pressures.’ It involves individuals facing setbacks and attacks, feeling disadvantaged compared to others, harboring feelings of injustice, anger, relative deprivation, believing they have been abandoned or ignored by society, and resorting to extreme actions to express these feelings.”
Du Wen further elaborated, “Negative emotions among individuals, through mutual learning and encouragement, contribute to the widespread proliferation of this phenomenon.”
He emphasized, “More importantly, the current issues in Chinese society are a direct manifestation of social chaos under Communist Party rule. This substantiates the social disorganization theory posited by renowned American social psychologist and criminologist Clifford Shaw and Henry McKay, which argues that community breakdown and loss of social control lead to an increase in criminal and antisocial behaviors.”
The case of the knife attack on May 23rd in Xiaochang County, Hubei Province, shocked society due to the high number of casualties. Witnesses revealed that the assailant indiscriminately targeted people, systematically going from one house to another to kill, resulting in the deaths of 7 elderly individuals and a 2-year-old girl. The local police swiftly responded, categorizing the perpetrator as a third-degree mental disorder patient.
According to mainland Chinese media reports, local villagers mentioned that the assailant did not exhibit any tendencies for violence prior to this incident. Described as being mostly reserved and focused on farming, the trigger for the man’s rampage was his son stealing 1000 yuan from the family to play video games.
In response to the official statement categorizing the perpetrator as mentally ill, mainland Chinese netizens sarcastically commented, “As long as there is a murder, it’s a mental patient!” “Mental illness is always a valid excuse, right?” “Most likely, the blame will be shifted to mental illness!” “Just say he killed someone, why add the mental illness label?”
Regarding the authoritative response, Gu Guoping, a former university professor in mainland China, also told Da Ji Yuan that such a response is not surprising, emphasizing, “Communist theory itself is a foundation for creating mental patients”, “Because the Chinese Communist Party itself is a mentally ill organization, inherently abnormal in character.”
“Why is that? You see many of them are extremely pathological.” He cited examples including the Communist Party’s founding members like Mao Zedong, Chen Duxiu, and Li Dazhao, who were “abnormal, saying one thing and doing another, exhibiting a lack of consistency, which is akin to a split personality.”
With China’s economy weakening in recent times, more individuals find themselves without steady income, leading to feelings of despair and a desire to retaliate against society. Whether on overseas social media platforms or China’s mainland microblogs, there is an increasing proliferation of vicious incidents and even family tragedies, prompting netizens to lament, “So many malignant incidents.” “People are genuinely at risk, violence can occur anytime, anywhere.”
Why has the societal atmosphere in China become increasingly hostile? Wang Youqun, a writer for Wei Jianxing, former member of the CCP Politburo Standing Committee, and former Secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, stated that traditional Chinese culture values human life, whereas the essential traits of the Communist Party — “falsehood, evil, and struggle” — have resulted in a history of bloodshed that continues until today, with over 80 million Chinese lives lost to the regime.
Simultaneously, the pervasive indoctrination by the Communist Party has fundamentally eroded the morals of the Chinese people, instilling a disbelief in karmic retribution and spiritual oversight, fueling a climate where individuals dare to say anything and engage in reprehensible acts without fear of consequences.
Gu Guoping believed, “This is an inevitable outcome of the educational methods employed by the Communist Party. Communist education inevitably leads to societal retaliation. The recent surge in street killings and stabbings has reached a terrifying level, demonstrating a form of societal retribution.”
Dr. Zhang, a freelance professional, explained to Da Ji Yuan that the recent cluster of intergroup violence among grassroots individuals reflects a fundamental issue, stating, “These grassroots individuals have indeed been pushed by the Chinese Communist Party to the brink of survival.”
“They are desperate because of the Communist Party.” He added, “This type of dictatorial authoritarian rule by the Chinese Communist Party, persisting over decades, has culminated in the explosion of accumulated pressures and contradictions at the grassroots level, reflecting the overall collapse of governance under the autocratic regime of the CCP.”