Beijing, February 21 A Chinese university professor who allegedly told students that foreigners have superior bloodlines is now under investigation by education authorities in eastern Anhui province, reports the state press today.
The teacher, surnamed Chen Hongyou and who works at Hefei Normal University, told a seminar for high school students last Saturday that foreign blood is better, so he encouraged young people to marry foreigners, according to the newspaper. GlobalTimes.
The controversial comments were not made during the seminar, but in casual conversation with the students, who booed the visiting professor, videos posted on Chinese social media show.
Chen also recommended young Chinese people studying abroad not to return to their country and seasoned his arguments with sexist advice when he said that students entering the country’s two most prestigious universities (Beijing and Tsinghua) could choose any Chinese woman.
The professor’s remarks so outraged a student that he took the stage, snatched the microphone from Chen, and declared that they were studying “for the great rejuvenation of China”, one of the most reiterated goals in the speech of the current government.
Education authorities in Anhui have launched an investigation into the remarks, which also led to the teacher’s suspension from his classes at the university, where his area of expertise is education and psychological counseling for children. high school students.
The professor’s name was also removed from Hefei University’s website. ECE
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