China executed a street vendor convicted of murdering two security officials who he claimed

China executed a street vendor convicted of murdering two security officials who he claimed assaulted him. Xia Junfeng had maintained that he acted in self-defense in 2009 when two officials in the northeastern city of Shenyang started beating him during questioning. But the courts rejected his argument. His case has sparked an outcry on Weibo and other Chinese social media sites, with many expressing sympathy for Xia and calling his sentence unjust.