News Analysis
Auto accidents resulting in injury and death are typically considered accidents in most countries, but not in China, according to experts’ analysis of recent incidents. Over the past 20 days, seven accidents involving cars plowing into people have caused over eighty traffic fatalities, with some of the accidents seeming to be deliberate acts. This has prompted commentators to speculate on whether cars are becoming a new type of “weapon” for people to retaliate against society. They believe that the prevalent hostility in Chinese society is an inevitable result of the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) authoritarian rule and oppression.
