Wednesday, May 27, 2009

Woman who killed an official after rape threat becomes an internet heroine in China...

Until a few weeks ago, Deng Yujiao was an unknown 21-year-old worker in a Chinese provincial town: one of millions quietly scraping a living. Now she is an unwilling hero to tens of thousands of compatriots after stabbing to death an official who she says tried to rape her when she rejected his advances.

Comments on the killing have inundated blogs and bulletin boards. Deng's case – and its handling – has become emblematic of the struggle of ordinary people against abusive officials.

The message was spelled out in a protest at a Beijing university this week in which a gagged female student bound in sheets was shown surrounded by the words: "Anyone could become a Deng Yujiao." More...

See also:

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  2. China sex theme park, Love Land, demolished!!!
  3. Jackie Chan's "Chinese must be controlled" comment creates anger...
  4. Song of the Grass-Mud Horse (Cao Ni Ma) or how Chinese bloggers mock State censorship...
  5. Why are the people of China doing push-ups? 

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