Beijing Airport Bomber to Stand Trial

Ji Zhongxing, the wheelchair bound bomber who detonated a homemade bomb at Beijing Airport is due to stand trial tomorrow.  Ji, who has been petitioning the government seeking compensation for the alleged beating that he received at the hands of the chengguan (who else?) in his home province of Shandong that left him crippled.

When he was arrested, human rights lawyer Liu Xiaoyuan who represented Ai Wei Wei said that he would be willing to provide legal assistance.  The minor explosion at the airport damaged Ji arm, who was immediately rushed to hospital, caused little damage and the blast wasn't powerful enough to cause any other damage.  The Global Time reports:

Ji Zhongxing, a 33-year-old wheelchair-bound man from Juancheng, Shandong Province, confessed that he prepared and carried the homemade explosive device and leaflets to Terminal 3 of the airport and triggered the explosive device on July 20.

Ji has been blogging (translation via The Shanghaiist) about his failed attempts to get compensation off the government - he's been demanding 334,782 yuan, including the medical fees of 14,300rmb, plus the 20 years salary that his disability has prevented him from earning.