The World - News from Aug. 5, 1985
Violent crime has dropped sharply in China as the result of a crackdown, but offenses related to loosened economic restraints are on the rise, Security Minister Liu Fuzhi said in an interview in the overseas edition of the People’s Daily. Among capital crimes, robberies last year fell by 34%, rapes by 20% and homicides by 10% from 1983. “But there are still problems in urban areas,” Liu added. Most of these are money-related offenses, resulting from rapid economic development and movements in population, he said.
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