Seems China has its own suicide weekends
Why are so many Chinese officials killing themselves?
Soon after President Xi Jinping came to power nearly six years ago, he launched an unprecedented anti-corruption campaign to consolidate his hold on power and strengthen the legitimacy of the ruling Communist Party. Since then, hardly a day has gone by without reports of party and government officials being detained or jailed on corruption allegations.
With more than one million officials already punished, Xi and his right-hand man Vice-President Wang Qishan have made notable progress in taming what was once rampant official corruption and thereby achieving the first of three goals in ensuring officials “dare not, cannot, and do not want to be corrupt”.
This month alone, at least six local officials are reported to have taken their own lives, including an official in charge of social security in the city of Wafangdian in Liaoning (who jumped to death from his office), an official in charge of municipal finance in Shifang of Sichuan, an official formerly in charge of cyber administration in Heilongjiang province, and a deputy mayor of Hohhot, the capital city of Inner Mongolia (all of whom hanged themselves in their offices).
Last month, Zheng Xiaosong, head of the Chinese government’s liaison office in Macau – who had a ranking equivalent to a cabinet minister – jumped to death from his apartment in the city, sending shocks through Macau, Hong Kong, and Beijing due to his senior position and influence. The authorities said he suffered from depression, although people who knew him remembered him as outgoing and a riotous tippler.
https://www.scmp.com/week-asia/opinion/article/2175401/why-are-so-many-chinese-officials-killing-themselves