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Yang Xinhai

1968 - 2004

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Yang Xinhai (Chinese: 杨新海; pinyin: Yáng Xīnhǎi; July 17, 1968 – February 14, 2004), also known as Yang Zhiya, and Yang Liu, was a Chinese serial killer who confessed to committing 67 murders and 23 rapes between 1999 and 2003. He was sentenced to death and executed. He was dubbed the "Monster Killer" by the media. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yang Xinhai has received more than 1,464,766 page views. His biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia. Yang Xinhai is the 211th most popular extremist (down from 194th in 2019), the 944th most popular biography from China (down from 852nd in 2019) and the most popular Chinese Extremist.

Memorability Metrics

  • 1.5M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 39.41

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 16

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 3.24

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.75

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

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Among EXTREMISTS

Among extremists, Yang Xinhai ranks 211 out of 209. Before him are Ziad Jarrah, Abu Mohammad al-Julani, Dawood Ibrahim, Vlado Taneski, Karla Homolka, and Hamza bin Laden. After him are Mokhtar Belmokhtar, Mohammed Bouyeri, Anwar al-Awlaki, Stuart Christie, Satam al-Suqami, and Wail al-Shehri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1968, Yang Xinhai ranks 407. Before him are Adrian Knup, Svenja Schulze, Tisha Campbell-Martin, Kjetil Rekdal, Ján Svorada, and Álex Aguinaga. After him are Nikolaos Kaklamanakis, James Allison, Vlado Šola, John Singleton, Hauwa Ibrahim, and Maxim Fadeev. Among people deceased in 2004, Yang Xinhai ranks 278. Before him are Robert Merrill, Mehmood, Lennox Miller, Velimir Valenta, Bernice Rubens, and Eric Douglas. After him are Bob Tisdall, Big Boss Man, James Aloysius Hickey, Albert Paulsen, Suraiya, and Willie Watson.

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In China

Among people born in China, Yang Xinhai ranks 944 out of 1,392. Before him are Sun Jihai (1977), Jing Tian (1988), Zhang Zilin (1984), Zhang Jike (1988), Mao Chi-kuo (1948), and Xu Jinglei (1974). After him are Liang Wudong (1959), Gao Zhisheng (1964), Fan Zhiyi (1969), Deng Yaping (1973), Sun Wen (1973), and Ruth Graham (1920).

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Among EXTREMISTS In China

Among extremists born in China, Yang Xinhai ranks 1. 

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