Chinese Authorities Charge 28 People Months After Restaurant Assault on Women

Chinese authorities have charged 28 people months after several women were brutally beaten at a restaurant in June, an incident caught on security cameras and sparking national outrage on social media over a lack of safety protections for women.

Prosecutors and police say the incident and the charges were linked to broader gang activity in Tangshan, a city of around seven million people about 110 miles from Beijing in Hebei province. In a separate statement released around the same time, Hebei authorities said they were investigating whether police officers were providing protection for local gangsters.