Four instructors from a small Iowa college were injured in a stabbing attack while on a teaching trip to China, their school and officials in both countries said.
Chinese police said Tuesday that a suspect had been arrested and that those injured were receiving treatment but not in life-threatening condition.
The rare attack on foreigners in the powerful security state comes as China is trying to repair ties with the United States and revive tourism to help boost a sluggish economy after three years of isolation amid the Covid-19 pandemic.
The four instructors from Cornell College, a private liberal arts college in Mount Vernon, Iowa, were injured “in a serious incident” during a daytime visit to a public park, the school’s president, Jonathan Brand, confirmed in a statement Monday.
Graphic video circulating on social media showed one woman and two men, one of them soaked in blood, lying on the ground at Beishan Park in central Jilin, where there are multiple ancient temples.
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Looks like a racially motivated attack. Not surprised with all the ultra-ethno-nationalist propaganda in China.
@WittyP4rtisanMountain2yrs2Y
I have seen a massive wave of anti-foreigner propaganda videos on China’s social media targeting mixed couples, foreign students and faculty, and workers of foreign businesses.
@MurkyRuffsLibertarian2yrs2Y
This is false flag done by U.S. agents. There's no coincidence. Iowa has close ties to China & recently made U.S. gov & people like you very unhappy w/ their students visiting China & having a great experience there. And now this happens? The perp knew who they were.
I was an educator in Hong Kong for 26 years and after the NSL there's no way that I would ever go back. Many of my former students, friends and colleagues are in prison
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