Remember the woman who was stabbed by her own son at Pudong Airport earlier this year -- the one who was attended to by a foreigner when all the other bystanders were prepared to just gawk? Well, the case has finally made it to the courts. Shanghai Daily describes the scene at the courtroom as follows: more ›

Two suspects in the murder of Li Xiang, the Luoyang TV reporter now famed for exposing those engaged in the illegal manufacture of swill oil (reprocessed cooking oil dredged from gutters), have now been apprehended. Captured suspects, 24-year-old Zhang Xiabao, a recent jail releasee, and an unnamed local farmer are now being tried for the brutal stabbing murder and laptop robbery of Xiang during his walk home from a KTV sessions in the wee hours of the morning of September 18. However, the question still remains whether Xiang's murder was a hit ordered by the gutter oil underworld or the heinous result of a coincidental robbery gone bad. Xiang's former future wife (the date was set for October 1) had little insight to offer on the subject, simply stating, "Will people who don't understand the situation please stop reposting, and twisting a lot of facts. Please wish that (Li Xiang) walks a good path, thank you everyone." more ›

We were just beginning to hope this terrible trend had come to an end. Today around noon a staffer at a temporary daycare facility on Minhang Rd in Shanghai went on a rampage with a box cutter, injuring 8 children. The victims were all 3 and 4-year-olds, and they suffered injuries to mostly their necks and heads. They were rushed to the Fudan University Hopsital for treatment, and several underwent surgery immediately. Only one boy is believed to have received a life-threatening injury. more ›

"A man turned himself in this morning after stabbing his girlfriend in emotional outbreak. The woman, not identified, was rushed to the hospital and has been in stable condition after emergency treatment. The suspect surnamed Zhang surrendered himself to the Gumei Police Station in Minhang District, the local STV news channel reported. The young pair in their early 20s came from Chongqing and shared a rented apartment at 980 Wanyuan Road in Minhang. The cause of their conflict is not immediately known." [Shanghai Daily] more ›

“A scantly-clad young woman was found dead this morning outside a hotel in downtown Shanghai. She was holding a knife in one hand and her body had several knife wounds. Police are investigating the cause of her death and believed the woman was born around 1987. Witnesses said they saw the woman, wearing a backless dress and low-waist jeans, stumbling out of the Holiday Inn Vista hotel on Changshou Road at about 8am. She collapsed in front of a convenience store nearby and died. The scene shocked passers-by who described the victim as in a weird behavior because she wore so little that part of her bottom was exposed. So far, no one knows what she experienced inside the hotel.” [Shanghai Daily] more ›

The mother from the Pudong Airport stabbing says she is currently trying to find the foreigner who stopped to help her after her son, whom she claims suffers from mental problems, stabbed her several times. A video taken from scene is now circulating widely on the Chinese internet, showing what appears to be a youngish, dark haired Caucasian man wearing an orange long-sleeved shirt and brown or grey pants. more ›

An update about the student who stabbed his mom at Pudong Airport upon returning from Japan - his mother asked for her son not to be punished, arguing that the kid was just "disturbed" and there was no "quarrel" over tuition fees, according to Global Times: "Yes, he did ask me why I transferred the money to him so late last month," she told the [Oriental Morning Post]. "He also said that he was always hearing someone talking to him as if an instrument was installed in his ear"... The mother, who gained consciousness after several days in a coma, was transferred to a regular ward from the intensive care unit on Friday last week... Her stomach and liver had been damaged but her condition was now stable. more ›

"A MAN studying abroad was detained this week after he allegedly stabbed his mother, who had come to meet him off his flight home, city police said yesterday. The victim, surnamed Gu, who had been in a coma, was still in hospital last night, although she was in a stable condition. The attack took place on Tuesday afternoon in a terminal hall at Pudong International Airport after the suspect, surnamed Wang, returned from Japan. Gu was there to pick him up, said airport police. But soon after Wang arrived, the two started to quarrel about his tuition fees at the airport. Wang suddenly took out a knife from his luggage and stabbed his mother several times, local police said yesterday. Wang was taken into custody by airport police. Wang is not wealthy and had disputes with his family about education expenses in the past, according to one of his relatives interviewed by Shanghai-based Xinmin.cn." [Shanghai Daily] more ›

This time security guards were stabbed to death outside of Kashgar in Xinjiang. [Source] more ›