China battles rare surge in violent crime incidents amid economic woes

A man offers flowers outside the Zhuhai People's Fitness Plaza where a man rammed his car into people exercising at the sports center, in Zhuhai in southern China's Guangdong province on Nov. 13, 2024. A man stands near flowers laid outside the Zhuhai People's Fitness Plaza where a man rammed his car into people exercising at the sports center, in Zhuhai in southern China's Guangdong province on Nov. 13, 2024.

China's economic malaise is fueling social tensions that make people more likely to commit violent crimes out of anger or desperation, analysts say, after the country witnessed its deadliest massacre in a decade.