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Yuanyue Dang

A Chinese woman who was seriously wounded while trying to stop a knife attack on a Japanese school bus in the Chinese city of Suzhou has died.
Suzhou police said on their website on Thursday that they would give the title of “righteous and courageous role model” to the woman.
The announcement confirmed that Hu Youping, 54, was the Chinese victim of an attack on a Japanese school bus on Monday afternoon. A later report by the state news agency Xinhua said Hu died on Wednesday.
On Friday, foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning offered “condolences” and “sympathy” for Hu’s family.
Japanese Foreign Minister Yoko Kamikawa also expressed her condolences, adding that she would continue to work with the Chinese authorities to “make every effort to ensure the safety of Japanese residents in China”.

The Japanese embassy in Beijing lowered its flag to half-mast on Friday morning in honour of Hu, and posted condolences on social media sites X and its Chinese version Weibo.
“[We] believe that her courage and kindness represented the general Chinese public. We hereby salute Ms Hu’s great act of justice and may she rest in peace,” the embassy said.
A Japanese boy and his mother were also hurt in Monday’s attack, one of whom remains in hospital.
Suzhou police earlier said the attacker was a 52-year-old unemployed man surnamed Zhou.
The Suzhou police statement said Hu spotted a knife attack at a bus stop in Suzhou at around 4pm on Monday and “immediately rushed to stop it, was stabbed several times by the suspect and sadly died after not being rescued”.
Hu’s courageous act “prevented more people from being hurt”, it said, an assessment echoed by witnesses quoted in the Xinhua report on Friday.
Xinhua also quoted the wounded Japanese mother as saying Hu stopped the attacker and allowed her son to escape.
“Suzhou has taken and will continue to take effective measures to protect the safety of every person,” Xinhua quoted a Suzhou government official as saying.
Communist Party mouthpiece People’s Daily published an opinion piece on Friday afternoon saying, “China is a law-based society and a safe place”.
“The stabbing incident was an extremely rare and isolated case and is not representative. We also do not accept the behaviour of individuals who stir up ‘xenophobia’ and make hate speech,” the article said.

Several hashtags related to Hu’s death were trending on Weibo social media on Friday morning.
“She protected innocent children as well as the dignity of the Chinese people,” one popular comment read.
After Monday’s attack, some ultranationalist and anti-Japanese comments appeared on Weibo. The platform released an announcement on Wednesday night saying it had suspended 36 accounts for such comments.
“Some individual users have posted extreme remarks that incite national sentiments and promote group hatred, even calling for criminal acts in the name of patriotism,” Weibo said.
There are 12 Japanese schools in 10 cities in mainland China, including one in Beijing and two in Shanghai, according to the Japanese education ministry. There are also two in Hong Kong.
The schools are approved by Chinese authorities to educate the children of Japanese citizens in China, including businesspeople and diplomats.
According to the latest data from the Japanese foreign ministry, there were 102,066 Japanese citizens – including 15,634 children – in China in October 2022, down 5.2 per cent from the previous year.


On Tuesday, Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Mao Ning expressed “regret” over the attack and said, “China will take effective measures to protect foreigners in China, just as it protects its own citizens”.
Monday’s attack was the second in China this month in which foreigners have been wounded. In another, four teachers from Cornell College in the United States were stabbed in a park in China’s Jilin province.
Foreign ministry spokesman Lin Jian called it an “isolated incident”.


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The Japanese embassy in Beijing lowered its flag to half-mast on Friday morning in honour of Chinese woman Hu Youping, who died days after trying to stop a knife attack against a Japanese mother and son. Photo: X/Japan_Emb_inCN

Police say the attacker on a Japanese school bus in Suzhou was a 52-year-old unemployed man surnamed Zhou. Photo: X/kounanronin

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A passer-by captured this image of people responding to the alleged knife attack on a Japanese school bus in Suzhou, eastern China. Photo: X/ @kounanronin

Police at the bus stop in Suzhou, eastern China, where the alleged knife attack targeting a Japanese school bus occurred, leaving two women and a small child injured. Photo: NHK

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Security officers stand guard in front of the Japanese embassy in Beijing on Tuesday, a day after a Japanese woman, her son and a Chinese woman were stabbed by a man at a school bus stop in Suzhou near Shanghai. Photo: Kyodo

The bus stop in Suzhou near Shanghai where a Japanese woman, her son and a Chinese woman were stabbed on Monday. Photo: Kyodo

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Suzhou police salute ‘righteous and courageous’ Hu Youping, saying her ‘great act of justice’ prevented more people being hurt


Suzhou police salute ‘righteous and courageous’ Hu Youping, saying her ‘great act of justice’ prevented more people being hurt.
