BEIJING — Four instructors from Iowa's Cornell College teaching at Beihua University in northeastern China were attacked in a public park, reportedly with a knife, officials at the United States school and the State Department said.A Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman said on Tuesday the injured were rushed to a hospital for treatment, and that none was in critical condition.
United States and Chinese flags are seen at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in China’s capital Beijing on July 8, 2023. AFP FILE PHOTOThe State Department said in a statement it was aware of reports of a stabbing and was monitoring the situation. The attack happened as both Beijing and Washington are seeking to expand people-to-people exchanges to help bolster relations amid tensions over trade and such international issues as Taiwan, the South China Sea and the war in Ukraine.