People dead in China, time to make political hay

[Art Vandelay]

"A man armed with a knife killed eight people today at a high school in central China and wounded four others, a government news agency reported."

http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/headline/world/2919372

When I hear these sort of stories, my first thought, like many here, is to think about how I can capitalize on the news to promote my point of view. I guess it's only human to respond to the pain of others with sarcastic attacks on one's political opponents.

[Mycroft]

China has suffered a series of knife attacks in schools and day-care centers in recent months, prompting orders by the central government for schools to hire guards and tighten security.

A series of knife attacks in schools and day-care centers? What's going on in China to cause this?