gun culture

China’s Last Gunslingers

A slideshow in National Geographic depicts life in a Miao village in Guizhou which carries on a tradition of gun ownership and use, a rarity in China. From the introduction: The population of Biasha is ethnically Miao, one of 55...

China Takes Chilling Look at Security in Its Schools

Initial comparisons between the Newtown and Chenpeng school attacks this month tended to focus on the attackers’ weapons. Many noted that the 23 slashed in China all survived, in contrast with the 26 killed in Connecticut....

School Violence in China and U.S. Spurs Reflection, Debate

On Friday in Henan Province, a man walked into a primary school and stabbed 22 children. None were killed. The same day, in Newtown, Connecticut, a man armed with at least three semi-automatic weapons shot his way into an...

China’s Gun Culture Grows

From Asia Times: …Despite harsh penalties, China’s Ministry of Public Safety (MPS) has said it increasingly faces armed suspects. In the most recent high-profile case last month, a security guard in Hunan province in...

Bang! Bang! Shots in Shanghai

Gun violence is on the rise in Shanghai in spite of China’s total ban on guns.  James T. Areddy blogs for the Wall Street Journal in China Journal: At midday Friday in Shanghai, a quarrel among five youths sitting at an...

Staring Down the Barrel: the Rise of Guns in China

The Wall Street Journal has a report about the rising gun culture in China: China may be freer from gun crime than many nations, and official statistics show overall crime on a continuous down trend. Yet, these days, reports...

No Country for Young Men

Mara Hvistendahl examines China’s burgeoning gun culture in The New Republic: Over the last decade, they cropped up in cities throughout China, tucked into raucous markets or along forgotten side streets, their interiors...

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