A 19-year-old Chinese student was shot to death Saturday in Arizona, igniting concerns from the Chinese over U.S. gun control policy.
The incident has been trending on Sina Weibo under the hashtag "Chinese student got shot in the U.S.," attracting more than 12 million page views and 8,500 comments since being posted on Monday.
Jiang Yue, a female sophomore at Arizona State University, was shot several times by 32-year-old white female Holly Davis, whose car hit Jiang's by a traffic light in Temple City, the Xinhua News Agency reported Sunday.
This is not the first time that Chinese citizens have been victimized by gun violence in the U.S.. Two Chinese graduate students were shot and killed in Los Angeles in 2012, which sparked public concern over the country's gun control policy in Chinese and U.S. media.
The Chinese expressed their condolences to Jiang's family online, while the U.S. gun control policy has drawn widespread criticism for what many on social media called "a main reason for the tragedy."
"The U.S.' high crime and murder rate were partly caused by the country's loose control over guns. The U.S. should take measures to avert such incidents," a Sina Weibo user said.
"I have been living in the U.S. for years and the inefficient gun control laws always worry me. The country should keep guns out of the wrong hands through specific background checks," said another netizen based in Phoenix, Arizona.
The past decade saw over 100,000 people in the U.S. killed from gun violence, the White House said in January.
