Famous Writer Stabbed in Beijing

When it flames, it pours. First, an architectural pride of the city is engulfed in a state of flames, then ProState in Flames, a famous Chinese blogger (real name: Xu Lai), is stabbed in a bathroom.

Xu’s anti-establishment blog, which has been shut down and moved several times in the past few months, often touched on very sensitive issues, including censorship, the melamine scandal and last week’s fire. At 4pm on Saturday afternoon, Xu was talking about his new book, Fanciful Creatures, at One Way Street Library in Wanda Plaza.

He was forced into the men’s bathroom by two attackers, one of whom was wielding a kitchen knife and preparing to cut off Xu’s hand while the other stabbed him once in the stomach.

After the attack, as the two men fled the scene, a blogger reports he heard one of the men say, “You brought this on yourself. You know why we’re doing this don’t you?” Bystanders chased the men, and while they escaped, photos of the pair were obtained on cell phones and presumably on the CCTV camera in the building, and it is expected they will be caught soon.

Xu is in stable condition, but the attack raises a red flag on the danger of dissent, not from authorities, but from strong minded fellow citizens.

For more, see reports from The New York Times, Danwei.org, and BlackandWhiteCat.org.

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@ psccoops and others

I wonder what guys like you are doing in China. Your comments come with so much hate, disbelief and suspicion, if not to say that you seem to know this huge, complex and contradictory country better than any of its citizens. Yet, any sign of intelligence and deeper understanding is absoluty absent in your contributions.

Did someone force you to come here (ie you are not master of your own destiny) or should the reason be found in your incapacity of dealing with people that have other views than yourself.

In either case: Serious mental disorder.

I agree, this assault most likely stems from higher up. I'd bet money those guys weren't just 'citizens', and that it's being heavily and biasedly reported so as to make an example of him. Why does this place try so hard to wipe out it's free-thinkers?

Rhetorical question, btw...I already know the answer to that.

Most likely corporate interests did this

psccoops wrote:
just goes to show you that most chinese are so totally brainwashed that they do this kind of thing to someone who is trying to bring their plight to the attention of everyone. it wouldnt surprise me if it was the thugs from the government who carried this attack out..they will probably never be caught

Not trust you, especially when i saw the words like "most" "totally" "brainwashed" etc.,etc.. Are you actually living in China now?

If the government doesn't like you they can arrest you on trumped-up charges and get the police to beat the crap out of you at their leisure.

This is almost certainly just a rather gruesome example of an internet-instigated violence appointment.

just goes to show you that most chinese are so totally brainwashed that they do this kind of thing to someone who is trying to bring their plight to the attention of everyone. it wouldnt surprise me if it was the thugs from the government who carried this attack out..they will probably never be caught

yes, fellow strong minded citizens do respond to red flags don't they. equally normally after having your hand chopped off you're in a stable condition.

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so did they actually cut off his hand?

"Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats."