However angry you are, do not attack uninvolved people: driving into a crowd or attacking people in public can constitute endangering public safety by dangerous means, with sentences starting at three years; if someone dies, ten years minimum, up to the death penalty

There is no monetary cost involved. The real challenge is suppressing such impulses when you’re enraged.

Article 114 of the Criminal Law: "Whoever endangers public safety by means of arson, flooding, explosion, or by releasing toxic, radioactive, or infectious disease pathogens, or by other dangerous methods, and has not caused serious consequences, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than three years but not more than ten years." Even if not a single person is injured, the sentence starts at three years. Article 115: Whoever causes serious injury or death, or causes significant loss of public or private property, shall be sentenced to fixed-term imprisonment of not less than ten years, life imprisonment, or death. Official case: Fan Weiqiu, due to the breakdown of his marriage, life frustrations, and dissatisfaction with the results of the division of property upon divorce, "resolved to vent his private grievances by driving a vehicle into a crowd." On the night of November 11, 2024, he drove his vehicle into a crowd exercising at the Zhuhai Sports Center. This resulted in 35 deaths and 43 injuries. The court of first instance sentenced him to death and deprivation of political rights for life for the crime of endangering public safety by dangerous means. On January 20, 2025, the execution was approved by the Supreme People's Court. His dissatisfaction was with the results of the property division in the divorce, but the victims were runners he did not know (National scope).

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"Anyway, I don't want to live anymore" is not a discount in sentencing. The 2025 Work Report of the Supreme People's Court's stance on such cases is "to resolutely punish those who commit heinous crimes that challenge the bottom lines of law and morality, strictly, heavily, and swiftly in accordance with the law." However, making threats is already illegal. Those who make threats to commit arson, explosions, or poisoning, and disrupt public order, may be detained for 5 to 10 days and fined up to 1,000 yuan. Writing threatening letters, or using other methods to threaten the personal safety of others, is similarly illegal. Such acts may result in detention for up to 5 days or a fine of up to 1,000 yuan. These two provisions are calculated according to the Law on Penalties for Administration of Public Security effective from January 1, 2026. For those whose thoughts have already reached this stage, see Article 14 (treat the emergence of thoughts like "taking someone down with me" as an emergency).