# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/yang-xinhai
# Generated: 2026-08-13T21:24:05.257Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/yang-xinhai"
name: "Yang Xinhai"
slug: "yang-xinhai"
description: "Yang Xinhai was a Chinese serial killer and mass murderer who confessed to committing 67 murders and 23 rapes between 2000 and 2003. He was sentenced to death and executed. He is the most prolific known serial killer in China since the establishment of the People's Republic of China in 1949. The South China Morning Post dubbed Yang the \"Monster Killer\"."
tagline: "Chinese serial killer (1968–2004)"
image: "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/bc/YangXinhai.png/330px-YangXinhai.png"
gender: "male"
country:
  name: "China"
  isoCode: "CN"
birthDate: "1968-07-17"
deathDate: "2004-02-14"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
scores:
  popularity:           53.66
  momentum:             0.1057378323744363
  historical:           18.33459466666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     60
  profileCompleteness:  50
  trendDirection:       "STABLE"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  249
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://zh.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9D%A8%E6%96%B0%E6%B5%B7"
    title: "杨新海"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ar.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%8A%D8%A7%D9%86%D8%BA_%D8%B4%D9%8A%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%D9%8A"
    title: "يانغ شينهاي"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jang_Sin-chaj"
    title: "Jang Sin-chaj"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Xinhai"
    title: "Yang Xinhai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Xinhai"
    title: "Yang Xinhai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Xinhai"
    title: "Yang Xinhai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DB%8C%D8%A7%D9%86%DA%AF_%D8%B4%DB%8C%D9%86%D9%87%D8%A7%DB%8C"
    title: "یانگ شینهای"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Xinhai"
    title: "Yang Xinhai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Xinhai"
    title: "Yang Xinhai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Xinhai"
    title: "Yang Xinhai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EC%96%91%EC%8B%A0%ED%95%98%EC%9D%B4"
    title: "양신하이"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://my.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E1%80%9A%E1%80%94%E1%80%BA_%E1%80%9B%E1%80%BE%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA%E1%80%B8%E1%80%9F%E1%80%AD%E1%80%AF%E1%80%84%E1%80%BA"
    title: "ယန် ရှင်းဟိုင်"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Xinhai_(seriemoordernaar)"
    title: "Yang Xinhai (seriemoordernaar)"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Xinhai"
    title: "Yang Xinhai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Xinhai"
    title: "Yang Xinhai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Xinhai"
    title: "Yang Xinhai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D0%B8%D0%BD%D1%8C%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9"
    title: "Ян Синьхай"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yang_Xinhai"
    title: "Yang Xinhai"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://uk.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%AF%D0%BD_%D0%A1%D1%96%D0%BD%D1%85%D0%B0%D0%B9"
    title: "Ян Сінхай"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://vi.wikipedia.org/wiki/D%C6%B0%C6%A1ng_T%C3%A2n_H%E1%BA%A3i"
    title: "Dương Tân Hải"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://zh_classical.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%A5%8A%E6%96%B0%E6%B5%B7"
    title: "楊新海"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q718895"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump