Blog Tag - Crime

Clouded Morals: Exposure to Pollution May Lead to Increased Levels of Unethical Behavior, Study Finds
A new study has shown that exposure to increased levels of air pollution, and even imagining exposure to air pollution, may lead to “unethical...
Throwback Thursday: A Look at the Crimes, Punishment, and Macabre Moments of 2008
Throwback Thursday takes a look back into Beijing's past, using our nine-year-strong blog archives as the source for a glance at the weird and...
15 Beijing Highschoolers Busted After Slew of Sanlitun Knifepoint Robberies
Fifteen Beijing teenagers are under detention for robbing Sanlitun strollers at knifepoint and then blowing their earnings at nearby bars and...
Foreigner Injured in Stabbing Outside Sanlitun Church Service
Two expatriate women, one from Jamaica and one from France, are being treated for injuries after being attacked by a cleaver-wielding Chinese woman...
Solve the Crime at CSI: The Experience
This sounds like a job for Morgan Short, but until he gets a chance to suss this out a la Star Trek, lovers of crime fiction and Jerry Bruckheimer-...
Alleged New Year's Eve Attack in Gulou Leaves Foreigner in Hospital
A crowdfunding campaign has been launched to offset the medical bills of Canadian expat Matthew Cormier, who suffered a ruptured spleen, internal...
Beijing Initiates Bicycle Registration to Reduce Theft
Beijing bicycle buyers may now join a new voluntary registry, designed to return bikes to their rightful owners should they be stolen and recovered....
How to Deter and Annoy Bike Thieves
Bicycle and scooter theft is a huge problem in Beijing, as I found out first-hand last Monday. I'm usually pretty careful, but I got complacent and...
What to Expect When You're Filing a Police Report (A Pretty Easy Time, As It Turns Out)
Last Monday, my Giant bicycle was stolen while I was in Muay Thai class. I left it in the bike parking lot on the west side of Sanlitun SOHO. Though...
Knife-Wielding Watch Thief Robs Cartier Store in Wangfujing, Caught after Chase
A masked robber stole 11 watches from a Cartier store in Wangfujing Monday, ran away from store clerks, and making a getaway by taxi and on foot...
Three Men Arrested in Beijing After Stealing 240 iPhones from Warehouse
Three men were arrested yesterday after they were caught for stealing 240 iPhones, worth RMB 1.4 million (approx. USD 228,000), in December of last...
One Year Ago Today: Stabbings at Joy City Chaoyang Leave Two Dead
One year ago today, a sad incident at Joy City Chaoyang left a Chinese citizen and an American woman dead, and, when followed by an explosion at...
All-Night World Cup Means More Drunk Driving in Beijing
In news that comes as no surprise given the fervor with which Beijing's citizens (and its bars) embrace the World Cup, drunk driving is up sharply,...
The Weather's Warm and the Pervs Are Out: Chaoyang Busts 15 for Upskirt Photos
The weather's getting hotter and the skirts are getting shorter – and it seems the perverts are out in force. Right on the heels of a laowai pervert...
Thursday Stabbing Outside Yashow over Girlfriend Rivalry
Two competitors for the affections of the same woman settled their differences violently, with one stabbing the other, Beijing's Public Security...