Chinese university issues expulsion notice to female student over relationship with a foreigner
Over the last several days, the expulsion has drawn thousands of comments on platforms such as Xiaohongshu and Douyin, the Chinese version of TikTok, many of which question whether the school has the right to judge her personal life and elevate it to a matter of national import.
In an announcement posted last week, Dalian Polytechnic University in the country's northeast declared that the student would be 'expelled' in 60 days, saying she violated the university rule against 'having improper interactions with foreigners that damage national dignity.'
'Your misbehaviors on December 16, 2024, caused a terrible negative impact,' the announcement said, without giving details on what constituted the 'misbehaviors.' The university released her name, but AP is not publishing it out of privacy concerns.
The university's actions illustrate a number of issues percolating in modern Chinese society, including discussions around gender bias and a full-on push toward nationalism.
Chinese internet users have connected the accused university student to videos posted by Danylo Teslenko, also known as Zeus, a professional Ukrainian gamer showing him being intimate with an Asian-looking young woman in a hotel room. AP cannot independently verify if the woman in the video is the student.
Some on social media called the school's decision to expel the student a sign of the 'Taliban style,' by which a particular nation or group claims ownership over a woman's body. Others call it misogyny, asking if a Chinese man would be considered a 'national pride' if he had sex with a foreign woman.
The Paper, a state-run newspaper in Shanghai, said it was not just 'inappropriate' to publish the student's full name but also 'may even violate the Personal Information Protection Law.'
'It is improper to graft private affairs onto the public domain for public disposal,' said The Paper.
Teslenko, the gamer, confirmed on Sunday that he posted 'a few videos on Telegram with a girl I met in Shanghai' but later deleted them 'as soon as I understood the seriousness of the situation,' according to his post on X, formerly known as Twitter.
'Our faces were visible, but there was no explicit content or anything disrespectful in those videos,' the post said, 'I have never said that Chinese girls are easy.'
Media reports said Teslenko and the student met at the final of the Perfect World Shanghai Major, a gaming competition held in December 2024.
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