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The problem seems particularly serious in Shanghai, where twelve platoons of army troops have been sent out to ensure safety on the streets. Still, Liberation Daily reports that young girls are afraid to venture out of their homes to attend classes at night, and that "some criminals have been publicly...
Similar stories of crime are coming from other cities. In Tianjin (Tientsin), the local press last month reported on "criminal elements who provoke fights, rob pedestrians and humiliate and insult women in broad daylight." In Peking, there have been reports of small bands of young men who lie in wait...
One reason for this tough attitude is that most of the crime is apparently being committed by youths. The Chinese press routinely blames the pernicious influence of Mao's widow Jiang Qing (Chiang Ch'ing) and her deposed Gang of Four. In fact, one principal cause is unemployment...
Despite all the lurid stories, China's crime rate is probably lower than that in most Western nations. Some observers suspect that the new campaign against crime is part of a broader movement to restore law-and-order that also includes the recent crackdown on China's tiny...
Some countries just have no luck with democracy. One of them is Bolivia, a landlocked Andean nation that has somehow managed to survive 188 coups in its 154 years of independence. Five months ago, ending a decade of military rule, Bolivia held presidential elections that alas produced no clear-cut...