China: American Teacher Attacked

Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008 @ 15:24 UTC

by Oiwan Lam

Countries:
China
Topics:
Protest, War & Conflict, Youth
Languages:
Chinese

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Love Hunan posted at Zhuzhouwang about an American teacher being beaten up by secondary school students[zh] outside Carrefour in Hunan Zhuzhou district in April 20. Shanghaiist has an update.

3 comments

  • Bill

    This is wonderful. Finally, China is strong now and can beat up any body.

    # 2008-04-22 at 15:41 pm
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    [...] The Shanghaiist, with Danwei, is one of the best sources of information available to Expats in China. They published a report on the attack of an American Volunteer teacher in Hunan Province recently. The sadly operative word there was volunteer. I hope the outpouring of sympathy by his students is just a product of a poor command of the English language: “He is a nice guy and normally quite active. I guess he will never dare come to teach in China again…..” [...]

    # 2008-04-27 at 17:52 pm

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    [...] such a desperate end, but unlucky nonetheless if you happen to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. Always read the international news and remain vigilant against the volatile nature of Chinese [...]

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