Overview

• China executed Zhang Bo and Ye Chengchen for the murder of Zhang's two young children, causing nationwide outrage.
• The couple conspired to kill the two-year-old girl and one-year-old boy by throwing them from the 15th floor of an apartment in Chongqing.
• Their motive was to remove the children as obstacles to their relationship and start a new family together.
• The Supreme People’s Court of China described their actions as having a 'despicable' motive and 'brutal' means.
• The executions drew significant attention on Chinese social media, with many expressing support for the punishment.