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South China Morning Post
4 hours ago
- Politics
- South China Morning Post
China university expels girl for casual sex with Ukrainian man that ‘hurts national dignity'
A Chinese student is facing expulsion from university for having casual sex with a Ukrainian gamer. The student, surnamed Li, has been accused of 'hurting national dignity', sparking online accusations of excessive punishment and rights infringement. An official from Dalian Polytechnic University, in northeastern China's Liaoning province, on July 8, said the institution planned to expel Li for an act of 'misconduct' on December 16, 2024. The 21-year-old was reported to have had a one-night stand with 37-year-old former Counter-Strike player Danylo Teslenko, who is 'Zeus', while he was attending an event in Shanghai last December. Li's full name and other identifying information were released by the university, angering many people online. Photo: Sohu Teslenko posted intimate videos and photos of himself and Li in his fan group, and reportedly called her an 'easy girl'.
New York Times
2 days ago
- Politics
- New York Times
Chinese University Expels Woman for ‘Improper Contact' With a Foreigner
A Chinese university said that it would expel a student because she had had 'improper contact with a foreigner' and 'damaged national dignity,' after videos circulated online that suggested she had been intimate with a Ukrainian video gamer. The announcement set off heated debate in China. Some commentators applauded the decision and said that Chinese people — particularly women — were too enamored of foreigners. But others said the expulsion smacked of sexism and paternalism, and compared it to examples of people accused of rape or sexual harassment on campus who had been punished more lightly. Many also criticized the university, Dalian Polytechnic University, in northeastern China, for publicly shaming the student by posting its expulsion notice on its website last week and identifying the student by her full name. 'If there is anyone who truly undermined national dignity in this case, it was not the woman whose privacy rights were violated,' Zhao Hong, a professor of law at Peking University in Beijing, wrote in an opinion column, 'but the online spectators who frantically humiliated an ordinary woman under the banner of so-called justice, and the educational institution that used stale moral commandments.' The university said the student's conduct, in an incident it said took place on Dec. 16, had 'caused a negative impact.' It gave no details, but said the student was being punished in accordance with a university regulation about 'civic morality.' That regulation reads: 'Those who have improper contact with foreigners and damage the national dignity and the reputation of the school shall be given a demerit or above, depending on the circumstances.' Want all of The Times? Subscribe.
