Anti-Carrefour mob attacks American

via WikipediaShanghaiist was the first to break the story, but it is now all over the English language internet in China: the attack in Zhuzhou, Hunan province, of an American teacher by an anti-Carrefour mob. I'm not in China right now, only returning in May, but this is indeed very scary.
Similar violent was reported a few years ago when student demonstrations were held against Japanese institutions, shops and restaurants. Then the government was able to calm down the students and that process in itself seems very interesting. Control over the universities is still reasonably strict, but now it seems to move far beyong the universities and this might be harder to control. The internet has become a powerful tool, and can be as destructive as constructive.