{"id":78579,"date":"2010-06-14T21:31:08","date_gmt":"2010-06-15T04:31:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?p=78579"},"modified":"2010-06-15T18:08:06","modified_gmt":"2010-06-16T01:08:06","slug":"society-strike-hard-campaign-targets-violent-crimes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/06\/society-strike-hard-campaign-targets-violent-crimes\/","title":{"rendered":"Society &#8216;Strike Hard&#8217; Campaign Targets Violent Crimes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From <a href=\"http:\/\/chinadaily.com.cn\/china\/2010-06\/15\/content_9977822.htm\">China Daily<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Police across the country have started a massive seven-month crackdown to curb rising crimes and ease escalating social conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>Known in Chinese as yanda, or &#8220;strike hard,&#8221; the campaign is targeting extreme violent crime, gun and gang crime, telecom fraud, human trafficking, robbery, prostitution, gambling and drugs, the Ministry of Public Security announced on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Police nationwide were also told to watch high-risk places such as suburbs, and to nip violence in the bud by being more vigilant to social conflicts and helping resolve problems.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;China, during a process of social and economic transformation, is facing emerging social conflicts and new problems in social security,&#8221; Zhang Xinfeng, vice-minister of public security, told a national meeting on Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Police at all levels must fully realize the complexity of the problem.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This is the fourth such round of yanda in China since 1983. During the campaign, police usually take tough measures against crimes and judicial authorities hand down swifter and harsher penalties.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>See also the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonpost.com\/wp-dyn\/content\/article\/2010\/06\/15\/AR2010061500203.html\">Associated Press<\/a> for its coverage of the &#8216;strike hard&#8217; campaign.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From China Daily: Police across the country have started a massive seven-month crackdown to curb rising crimes and ease escalating social conflicts. Known in Chinese as yanda, or &#8220;strike hard,&#8221; the campaign is targeting extreme violent crime, gun and gang crime, telecom fraud, human trafficking, robbery, prostitution, gambling and drugs, the Ministry of Public Security [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":83,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[10,100,1051],"tags":[92,2702],"class_list":["post-78579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-law","category-politics","category-top-article","tag-crackdown","tag-strike-hard","et-doesnt-have-format-content","et_post_format-et-post-format-standard"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v23.9 (Yoast SEO v23.9) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Society &#039;Strike Hard&#039; Campaign Targets Violent Crimes<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/06\/society-strike-hard-campaign-targets-violent-crimes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Society &#039;Strike Hard&#039; Campaign Targets Violent Crimes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"From China Daily: Police across the country have started a massive seven-month crackdown to curb rising crimes and ease escalating social conflicts. Known in Chinese as yanda, or &#8220;strike hard,&#8221; the campaign is targeting extreme violent crime, gun and gang crime, telecom fraud, human trafficking, robbery, prostitution, gambling and drugs, the Ministry of Public Security [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/06\/society-strike-hard-campaign-targets-violent-crimes\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"China Digital Times (CDT)\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2010-06-15T04:31:08+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2010-06-16T01:08:06+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"186\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"177\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Paulina Hartono\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@cdt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@cdt\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Paulina Hartono\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/06\/society-strike-hard-campaign-targets-violent-crimes\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/06\/society-strike-hard-campaign-targets-violent-crimes\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Paulina Hartono\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/9ebe10b96a6c7b89ce7f8e6f6209da16\"},\"headline\":\"Society &#8216;Strike Hard&#8217; Campaign Targets Violent Crimes\",\"datePublished\":\"2010-06-15T04:31:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-06-16T01:08:06+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/06\/society-strike-hard-campaign-targets-violent-crimes\/\"},\"wordCount\":182,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\"},\"keywords\":[\"crackdown\",\"strike hard\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Law\",\"Politics\",\"Top Article\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/06\/society-strike-hard-campaign-targets-violent-crimes\/\",\"url\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/06\/society-strike-hard-campaign-targets-violent-crimes\/\",\"name\":\"Society 'Strike Hard' Campaign Targets Violent Crimes\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2010-06-15T04:31:08+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2010-06-16T01:08:06+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/06\/society-strike-hard-campaign-targets-violent-crimes\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/06\/society-strike-hard-campaign-targets-violent-crimes\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/06\/society-strike-hard-campaign-targets-violent-crimes\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Society &#8216;Strike Hard&#8217; Campaign Targets Violent Crimes\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\",\"name\":\"China Digital Times (CDT)\",\"description\":\"Covering China from Cyberspace\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization\",\"name\":\"China Digital Times\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg\",\"width\":186,\"height\":177,\"caption\":\"China Digital Times\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes\",\"https:\/\/x.com\/cdt\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/9ebe10b96a6c7b89ce7f8e6f6209da16\",\"name\":\"Paulina Hartono\",\"description\":\"Paulina Hartono is a graduate of UC Berkeley.\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/author\/paulina-hartono\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Society 'Strike Hard' Campaign Targets Violent Crimes","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/06\/society-strike-hard-campaign-targets-violent-crimes\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Society 'Strike Hard' Campaign Targets Violent Crimes","og_description":"From China Daily: Police across the country have started a massive seven-month crackdown to curb rising crimes and ease escalating social conflicts. Known in Chinese as yanda, or &#8220;strike hard,&#8221; the campaign is targeting extreme violent crime, gun and gang crime, telecom fraud, human trafficking, robbery, prostitution, gambling and drugs, the Ministry of Public Security [&hellip;]","og_url":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/06\/society-strike-hard-campaign-targets-violent-crimes\/","og_site_name":"China Digital Times (CDT)","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes","article_published_time":"2010-06-15T04:31:08+00:00","article_modified_time":"2010-06-16T01:08:06+00:00","og_image":[{"width":186,"height":177,"url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"Paulina Hartono","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@cdt","twitter_site":"@cdt","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Paulina Hartono","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/06\/society-strike-hard-campaign-targets-violent-crimes\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/06\/society-strike-hard-campaign-targets-violent-crimes\/"},"author":{"name":"Paulina Hartono","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/9ebe10b96a6c7b89ce7f8e6f6209da16"},"headline":"Society &#8216;Strike Hard&#8217; Campaign Targets Violent Crimes","datePublished":"2010-06-15T04:31:08+00:00","dateModified":"2010-06-16T01:08:06+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/06\/society-strike-hard-campaign-targets-violent-crimes\/"},"wordCount":182,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization"},"keywords":["crackdown","strike hard"],"articleSection":["Law","Politics","Top Article"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/06\/society-strike-hard-campaign-targets-violent-crimes\/","url":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/06\/society-strike-hard-campaign-targets-violent-crimes\/","name":"Society 'Strike Hard' Campaign Targets Violent Crimes","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website"},"datePublished":"2010-06-15T04:31:08+00:00","dateModified":"2010-06-16T01:08:06+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/06\/society-strike-hard-campaign-targets-violent-crimes\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/06\/society-strike-hard-campaign-targets-violent-crimes\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2010\/06\/society-strike-hard-campaign-targets-violent-crimes\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Society &#8216;Strike Hard&#8217; Campaign Targets Violent Crimes"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#website","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/","name":"China Digital Times (CDT)","description":"Covering China from Cyberspace","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#organization","name":"China Digital Times","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/CDT-logo.jpg","width":186,"height":177,"caption":"China Digital Times"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ChinaDigitalTimes","https:\/\/x.com\/cdt"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/#\/schema\/person\/9ebe10b96a6c7b89ce7f8e6f6209da16","name":"Paulina Hartono","description":"Paulina Hartono is a graduate of UC Berkeley.","url":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/author\/paulina-hartono\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78579","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/83"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=78579"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/78579\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=78579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=78579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=78579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}