Breaking News: One was a teacher. One used social media to lure children. One abused a girl for five years until she ended her own life. China executed all three….see more

The first six months of the second Donald J. Trump administration have arguably seen the most significant changes to U.S. immigration policy in the nation’s history.

Taken one by one, as they have been announced or revealed, the effect can be overwhelming: it seems impossible to even comprehend everything that has happened, much less to understand it in a systematic way or to anticipate what might come next.

China’s Supreme People’s Court has upheld and carried out death sentences against multiple convicted child sex offenders as part of its declared zero-tolerance policy. In November 2024, three men were executed — a teacher who raped six students over 100 times, a laborer who abused eight girls, and a shopkeeper who coerced a girl for five years until she took her own life at 16.

In May 2025, three more were executed — an instructor who raped eight underage girls at an illegal school, a man who lured children online, and a repeat offender who organized group rapes and filmed the attacks. Several victims were under 14.

Under Chinese law, sex with a girl under 14 is automatically classified as rape and can carry the death penalty. The court said these cases reflect its commitment to severely punishing crimes against children.