https://www.scmp.com/rss/302660/feed Zhu Ling, born in 1973, is the victim of an unsolved 1995 thallium poisoning case in Beijing, China. She survived the poisonings but suffered serious neurological damage and permanent physical impairment. One roommate of Zhu Ling was questioned and later released during the investigation.The Beijing police closed the case in 1998 without making any arrest.The case drew national media attention in China. Zhu Ling's supporters have since been urging the Chinese government to re-examine the case... en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com A Chinese woman who made headlines nearly 30 years ago as the victim in an unsolved poisoning case has died, triggering an outpouring of sympathy and anger on social media. Zhu Ling, who turned 50 last month, died on Friday night after a long battle with illness, according to a Weibo post by Tsinghua University, the prestigious Beijing institution she was attending when she was poisoned with thallium three decades ago. In the message posted on Saturday, the university described her as “brave and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3246122/brave-and-strong-chinese-victim-unsolved-poisoning-case-dies-prompting-flood-sympathy-and-anger?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/3246122/brave-and-strong-chinese-victim-unsolved-poisoning-case-dies-prompting-flood-sympathy-and-anger?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 23 Dec 2023 14:00:16 +0000 The case of Zhu Ling has hit the headlines again recently. Zhu was a promising chemistry student at Beijing's prestigious Tsinghua University before she was left paralysed after being poisoned with thallium, a toxic chemical, nearly two decades ago. The renewed interest in her tragic case was ignited by a similar poisoning case in April that led to the death of a Fudan University student. In Zhu's case, initial suspicion fell on one of her roommates, Sun Wei. In 1995, police in Beijing detained... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1252146/presumed-guilty-china?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1252146/presumed-guilty-china?utm_source=rss_feed Sun, 02 Jun 2013 16:00:00 +0000 It's long believed that China is “the country of copycats”. However, Chinese netizens are sometimes very creative, especially when using the website of the White House to make jokes about their own political system. A petition on the White House’s site has quickly become a new  favourite pastime for mainland netizens. If you go to the site now you will see that among the latest five petitions, four since Sunday, were written by Chinese netizens. "Send troops to liberate the Chinese people,"... https://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1232861/more-chinese-netizens-petition-white-house-website?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/blogs/article/1232861/more-chinese-netizens-petition-white-house-website?utm_source=rss_feed Wed, 08 May 2013 03:49:58 +0000 Apparently frustrated by their own judicial system and wary of censorship, members of China’s online community, in a rare move, have appealed to US President Barack Obama to help seek justice on a 19-year-old cold case of poisoning. Fraught with grammatical errors, a petition on Whitehouse.gov asked the US to track down Jasmine Sun, or Sun Wei, who many believe poisoned her university roommate, Zhu Ling, with a deadly chemical in 1995 and is now living in the States. “Invest [investigate] and... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1232112/chinese-appeal-obama-help-solve-19-year-old-zhu-ling-poisoning-case?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1232112/chinese-appeal-obama-help-solve-19-year-old-zhu-ling-poisoning-case?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 07 May 2013 03:12:21 +0000 When 21-year-old Zhu Ling, a talented and versatile senior at China’s prestigious Tsinghua University, suffered from what later turned out to be poisoning by thallium in 1995, the case won her and her family national media attention and sympathy. It’s been almost 19 years since Beijing Police closed the case without arresting any suspect, citing inadequate evidence. But now an online campaign is under way to force police to reopen the cold case and bring the culprit, or culprits, to justice. The... https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1226614/more-questions-answers-poison-victim-zhu-ling-18-years-after-case-closed?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/china/article/1226614/more-questions-answers-poison-victim-zhu-ling-18-years-after-case-closed?utm_source=rss_feed Tue, 30 Apr 2013 03:57:44 +0000 The strange and tragic death by poisoning of a postgraduate student - possibly by his room-mate - at a prestigious university in Shanghai last week prompted editorials across the nation. The incident not only saddened the public, but drew attention to the mainland's education system and a similar incident at a Beijing university almost 20 years ago. Huang Yang, a doctoral student of Shanghai Medical College at Fudan University, died on Wednesday from multiple organ failure. He drank water from a... https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1219462/poisoning-death-fudan-student-recalls-disturbing-case-zhu?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/comment/insight-opinion/article/1219462/poisoning-death-fudan-student-recalls-disturbing-case-zhu?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 20 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0000