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Crime
A most depressing ledePosted by Jeremy Goldkorn, December 31, 2009 11:33 AM
The first few lines of a Xinhua article published by The China Daily last night:
The China Daily gave the article an almost cryptic headline that attempts to summarize the whole sordid affair: Police probing colliery kidnap-kill-then-blackmail. |
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Comments on A most depressing lede
This type of crimes has been known for years. Go check out Li Yang's famous film "Blind Shaft" (Berlin Filmspiele's 2003 Silver Bear).