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WORLD NEWS Wednesday 29 March 2017
Police killing exposes anger, fear of Chinese in France

in self-defense during a raid Three police officers were ning violence, six for throw-
after the man wounded injured and 35 protesters ing projectiles, and three
an officer with a “bladed arrested, authorities said others for violence against
weapon.” Rumors circu- Tuesday. police that saw a police
lated among Chinese im- With chants of “murderers” car damaged by arson.
migrants that 56-year-old and candles that spelled Witnesses said that one
Shaoyo Liu was in front of “opposition to violence” man of Chinese origin was
his children while cutting lining the road, scores of injured in the clashes, ac-
up fish with scissors and had demonstrators broke down cording to China’s state-
not hurt anyone. barricades, threw projec- run Xinhua News Agency.
Protesters outraged by the tiles and set fire to cars. France’s Foreign Ministry re-
killing and baton-wielding Authorities said 26 demon- sponded Tuesday by call-
police clashed for several strators were held for par- ing the security of Chinese
hours on Monday night. ticipating in a group plan- in France “a priority.”q

Demonstrators from the Asian
community protest outside
Paris’ 19th district’s police sta-
tion, Tuesday March 28, 2017.
Violent clashes in Paris be-
tween baton-wielding police
and protesters outraged at
the police killing of a Chinese
man in his home have seen
three police officers injured
and 35 protesters arrested,
authorities said Tuesday.
(AP Photo/Michel Euler)

THOMAS ADAMSON
CHRIS DEN HOND
Associated Press
PARIS (AP) — Chinese im-
migrants and China’s gov-
ernment are protesting a
police killing in Paris that
prompted violent street
clashes and exposed the
fears and frustrations of
France’s large Asian com-
munity.
Protesters gathered Tues-
day in northeast Paris for a
second day of demonstra-
tions over the fatal shoot-
ing of a Chinese man in
his apartment, and police
launched an internal inves-
tigation into a death that
took on diplomatic impli-
cations.
Chinese Foreign Ministry
spokeswoman Hua Chu-
nying said China had sum-
moned a representative
of the French embassy in
Beijing Tuesday and urged
French officials to “get to
the bottom of the incident
as soon as possible.”
Chinese authorities “hope
that Chinese nationals in
France can express their
wishes and demands in
a reasonable way,” Hua
said.
Residents and police gave
conflicting accounts of
what happened before
the man was shot to death
by police on Sunday eve-
ning.
Police said an officer fired