纽约时报中文网 - 英文原版-英Chinas Anguished Debate Do Its Children Have a Crime Problem
June 27, 2024 2 min 367 words
《纽约时报》这篇报道的主要内容是：中国近期出现一些青少年犯罪事件，引发了中国公众对青少年犯罪问题的关注和讨论。报道提及了几起案件，包括一名13岁男孩杀害一名4岁女孩，以及1316岁的青少年犯下抢劫强奸和谋杀等罪行。中国社交媒体上出现有关青少年犯罪是否正在增加，以及原因何在的讨论。报道援引了一些中国学者和专家的观点，指出中国青少年犯罪率实际较低，但的确存在惩戒措施不足网络影响等问题。 评论：这篇报道虽然提及了中国学者和专家的观点，但总体上仍存在一定偏见。首先，报道以耸人听闻的个别案例来吸引眼球，可能造成公众对青少年犯罪的过度恐慌。此外，报道没有全面呈现中国青少年犯罪的整体数据和下降趋势，而是以个别案例来推断中国青少年犯罪问题严重，显然有夸大其词之嫌。另外，报道没有深入探讨中国青少年的成长环境教育体系等方面，而是以偏概全地指责网络影响和中国惩戒制度，显然缺乏客观公正。该报道虽然试图讨论中国青少年犯罪问题，但存在一定程度的选择性报道和负面引导，有待改善。
For nearly two years, Gong Junli has been waiting. Since his 8-year-old daughter, Xinyue, was stabbed multiple times and her body left in a grove of poplar trees in northwestern China, he has imagined her killer finally being brought to justice.
But justice is complicated when the accused is also a child.
The boy who the police say killed Xinyue was 13 years old at the time. As his trial opens on Wednesday, it will try to answer a question gripping Chinese society: How should China deal with young children accused of heinous crimes?
Countries around the world have long struggled to balance punishment and forgiveness for children. But the debate is especially notable in China, where a history of relative leniency toward young offenders stands in stark contrast to the limited rights of adult criminal defendants. For decades, the government has emphasized educating and rehabilitating juvenile offenders, rather than imprisoning them.
Recently, though, a backlash has emerged. Following a spate of high-profile killings allegedly committed by children in recent years, many Chinese have called for the country to come down more harshly. And the government has responded. Xinyue’s killing is one of the first cases known to go to trial since the government lowered the age, to 12 from 14, at which children can be prosecuted on charges of murder and other serious crimes.
Several incidents this year renewed the debate. In January, the police in central China dropped charges against a boy accused of killing a 4-year-old girl by pushing her into a manure tank, because he was under 12 and too young to be prosecuted, Chinese media reported. In March, the police said three 13-year-old boys near the city of Handan, also in central China, dug a grave in an abandoned greenhouse, took a classmate there and killed him. The boys were indicted soon after.