China’s local governments step up public safety measures after attacks

Local authorities in China are stepping up safety management and police patrols following several high-profile mass killings, as the central government calls for enhanced public security, media reports said on Sunday. In the eastern city of Wuxi, where a 21-year-old student’s stabbing spree left eight people dead and 17 injured on Nov. 16, local officials convened on Friday to discuss measures to maintain social stability, state-run local media reported. Campus safety was a focus point of the meeting, according to the report.