Rape Wakes India to Its Shame
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Jan. 4 (Bloomberg) -- Perhaps the most bizarre element ofthe horrific gang rape and murder of a New Delhi woman is how itbecame fodder for the India-versus-China debate.
Chinese media, not known for chronicling human-rightsabuses at home, were all over the lethal attack on a 23-year-oldIndian on a moving bus on Dec. 16, and her cremation on Dec. 30.Everything from a surge in demand for gun permits among women toa dysfunctional penal system to how democracy is failing India’s1.2 billion people got enthusiastic coverage in China.