Yang Jia

Yang Jia (Chinese: 杨佳; pinyin: Yáng Jiā; 27 August 1980 – 26 November 2008) was a Chinese citizen executed for murdering six Shanghai police officers with a knife. Yang received international media attention for the public sympathy accorded to him in China, where, according to exiled writer Ma Jian, Yang has become "a sort of national hero." Beijing lawyer and blogger prominently defended Yang.

Yang Jia

Yang Jia (Chinese: 杨佳; pinyin: Yáng Jiā; 27 August 1980 – 26 November 2008) was a Chinese citizen executed for murdering six Shanghai police officers with a knife. Yang received international media attention for the public sympathy accorded to him in China, where, according to exiled writer Ma Jian, Yang has become "a sort of national hero." Beijing lawyer and blogger prominently defended Yang.