``Social upheaval is leading to this crime wave,'' says a Western diplomat who lives in a compound for diplomats overlooking the scene of the carnage. ``I stood in my window and watched this on the streets of the capital.''
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Although the official New China News Agency did not speculate on the motive in a brief report, diplomats and Chinese sources say the gunman was involved in an earlier shooting at a Beijing military enclave where other casualties were reported. Some diplomats suggested the man was tracked from the enclave by a security contingent.
"With the widening gap between rich and poor, China's wealthy class has become resented and, in many cases, misunderstood," said Deng. "If they don't donate, they are considered indifferent; if they give money away, there must be a selfish motive behind it.
A wave of anti-government protests is sweeping across the globe. From Hong Kong to Lebanon, France to Iraq, Pakistan to Haiti, people have taken to the streets en masse to express a wide array of frustrations and demands. Nowhere, perhaps, has this discontent been more acute than in Latin America where, over the past six months, mass demonstrations have erupted throughout the region, leaving political chaos, social upheaval and countless human casualties in their wake.
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