However, we do not seem to be alert enough to the gravity of the problem, or understand to how large an extent these social conflicts have affected these troubled individuals.
We should realize that social injustice may have reached a critical, or inflection point before such large-scale incidents were triggered. The Foxconn suicides and stabbings of schoolchildren are signals indicating this deeper malaise.
Though such incidents may not be all directly linked to specific cases of social injustice, one has to admit that the unfavorable social environment has caused some people to lose hope. These people may be more psychologically fragile than ordinary citizens but they probably would not have resorted to such desperate acts if society had been more fair and harmonious.
The frequency with which such cases of violence are occurring in recent years also indicates that, while we have strived to achieve miraculous economic growth, we have in the process failed to show simultaneous care to creating social justice.
The central government leadership has apparently taken note of the problem. At a press conference held during this year's session of the National People's Congress in March, Premier Wen Jiabao said: "China is in a stage of fast economic development. It is also a time when various kinds of contradictions become more prominent (than before). There are many reasons for these contradictions, of which a major one is the violation of laws in certain localities to infringe upon the public's interests."
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