Beijing, China (CNN) -- A court in eastern China sentenced a man to death Saturday for attacking 29 kindergarten students and three teachers with a knife, state-run media said. 

The Taixing Intermediate People's Court found Xu Yuyuan, 47, guilty of intentional homicide after a half-day trial, Xinhua news agency said. 

Xu told the court that his rage against society motivated him in the April 29 attacks, according to Xinhua. But he appealed the death sentence, arguing that the punishment was too severe since no one died in the attacks, Xinhua said. 

Chinese penal code says a person can be convicted of intentional homicide for acting on an intent to kill, the news agency reported. 

A police probe found Xu had been unemployed since 2001, when he was fired by a local insurance company. He told police he carried out the attack because he was angry about a series of business and personal humiliations, Xinhua said. 

About 300 people attended Saturday's open trial, according to Xinhua. 

Xu's sentence was the second death penalty conviction after a recent spate of school attacks that have prompted public outrage across China. 

Zheng Minsheng, 42, was sentenced to death and executed on April 28 for attacking students in front of an elementary school in Fujian province, killing eight and wounding several others. Zheng also used a knife in the attacks, Xinhua reported. 

Authorities said Zheng carried out the attack because he was frustrated at "failures in his romantic life," the news agency said. 

At least four other such attacks on school children in China have been reported since March.  QUESTIONS:

Q1:
1. What was the defendant's age?
2. How old was Xu Yuyuan?
3. What was Xu Yuyuan's age?
Q2:
1. What was the defendant's nationality?
2. What was Xu Yuyuan's nationality?
3. What nationality was ascribed to Xu Yuyuan?
Q3:
1. Did a court find Xu Yuyuan guilty?
2. Was Xu Yuyuan given a guilty verdict?
3. Was Xu Yuyuan found guilty?
Q4:
1. What was Xu Yuyuan convicted of?
2. For what was Xu Yuyuan handed a guilty verdict?
3. What was Xu Yuyuan found guilty of?
Q5:
1. How long was Xu Yuyuan's trial?
2. How long did Xu Yuyuan's trial last?
3. What was the duration of Xu Yuyuan's court proceedings?
Q6:
1. Where was this article published?
2. Who published the article about Xu Yuyuan?
3. What media outlet reported on Xu Yuyuan's trial?
Q7:
1. How many victims did Xu Yuyuan have?
2. How many people fell victim to Xu Yuyuan?
3. What was the number of people that Xu Yuyuan attacked?
Q8:
1. Did Xu Yuyuan have a job?
2. Was Xu Yuyuan employed?
3. Did Xu Yuyuan work anywhere?
Q9:
1. Did anyone die in Xu Yuyuan's attack?
2. Did Xu Yuyuan kill anyone?
3. Were there any deaths that resulted from Xu Yuyuan's actions?
Q10:
1. What penalty did prosecutors seek for Xu Yuyuan?
2. What punishment did prosecutors want to inflict on Xu Yuyuan?
3. What sentence was sought for Xu Yuyuan by the prosecution?
Q11:
1. Why did Xu Yuyuan carry out his attack?
2. What was Xu Yuyuan for the stabbing?
3. What drove Xu Yuyuan to commit his crime?
Q12:
1. What was Xu Yuyuan angry about?
2. What was the source of Xu Yuyuan?
3. Why was Xu Yuyuan mad at the world?
Q13:
1. Have there been crimes similar to that of Xu Yuyuan lately?
2. Have there been crimes like Xu Yuyuan's that have sprung up lately?
3. Have people committed crimes like Xu Yuyuan's in recent times?
Q14:
1. What happened to another person that attacked people like Xu Yuyuan?
2. What was the fate of a man who committed a stabbing like that of Xu Yuyuan?
3. What did a man who did something like Xu Yuyuan get sentenced to?
Q15:
1. How many people died in Zheng Minsheng's attack?
2. How many people lost their lives as a result of Zheng Minsheng's actions?
3. How many people did Zheng Minsheng kill?
Q16:
1. Why did Zheng Minsheng commit murder?
2. What drove Zheng Minsheng to commit his crime?
3. What was Zheng Minsheng's motivation for killing people?
Q17:
1. What was the source of Zheng Minsheng's frustration?
2. Why was Zheng Minsheng feeling frustrated?
3. What had Zheng Minsheng so frustrated?
Q18:
1. How many attacks like that of Zheng Minsheng have been recently reported?
2. How many times this year have crimes such as Zheng Minsheng's been reported?
3. How many attacks like that of Zheng Minsheng have been carried out this year alone?
