China: the 2002 needle attacks in Tianjin and Beijing · Global Voices
Oiwan Lam

Rob from Black and white cat pointed out that the use of hypodermic needles to threaten and rob people is not a new phenomena in China and rest of the world. The blogger reminded readers of two needle attack cases back in 2002 in Tianjin and Beijing, of course the former two cases had not resulted in a hysteria as in the case of Urumqi.