CHINA, NATIONAL NEWS, BEIJING, Investigation and Analysis: Professor Accused of Extorting Sex for Grades
By Zeng Siyun
He (Zhao) was a 51-year-old professor teaching Marxism at Beijing Jiaotong University; she (alias A Fang) was a 26-year-old university student whose major was Marxism. Seemingly, these two were intellectuals of high political and social conscience. However, they were the protagonists in a sexual bribery case.
December 23rd, 2004, it was snowing; A Fang wanted to give Prof. Zhao a small gift for the New Year and went to his dormitory. As she arrived, Zhao asked how she had prepared for the graduate school entrance examination and implied that she could get much higher marks than other students.
As he continued on to say that nothing could be gotten for free, Zhao began to unclothe A Fang. She struggled but was warned that there would be no hope for her to enroll if she refused because he was responsible for correcting exam papers. A Fang could not help but give in; the exam was too important to her.
Zhao took out two pieces of exam paper from his drawer and handed them to A Fang. At first, she did not believe it. Zhao asked her to memorize the contents and burn the papers after the exam.
December 27th, A Fang found that the answer for the last question given by Zhao was not very clear and called him. Zhao gave her a handwritten answer at noon.
A Fang said she had always regretted what had happened that snowy day and thought many times of calling the police but she dared not offend Zhao. She kept the papers and answers given by Zhao. Also, she kept her underwear as evidence, which was said to contain Zhao's semen.
A Fang got very high marks on the two exams for which Zhao had given her the answers. However, she still failed because of her low mark in English. Once again, A Fang got in touch with Zhao, wishing that he could help. But this time, he refused.
A Fang was not admitted to graduate school. She then reported the whole thing to police, saying that she hoped such kinds of scandal would not happen to other girls. That was on June 9th, 2005.
However, when we contacted Prof. Zhao, he gave us another version. "She had come to my dormitory several times but we did not have sex," Zhao said. As for the exam papers, Zhao said that since the exam was over, the paper could be bought everywhere. But we got the information from officials that the paper could only be bought after September.
Then Zhao gave us another explanation, saying that she might have peeked at the answers on his computer when he was out as there was no code. When asked about the handwritten answer, he replied that, as there was no standard answer for the last question, he wrote it down for another teacher for convenience. He guessed that the girl got it from another teacher.
Beijing Jiaotong University is now inquiring into this event.
The sexual bribery scandal aroused much attention. We interviewed people from different circles. Students of Beijing Jiaotong University said that Prof. Zhao was a very kind person and his teaching was of a high reputation at the school. They felt shame to hear of such a scandal.
A law professor said that Prof. Zhao was suspected of leaking state secrets, but whether it was a crime was still unknown. There was a lot of evidence to be gone through, he said.
What people discussed most about the case was the hypocrisy and corruption of Chinese education. One was a university student while another a professor. Both are intellectuals of Marxism. Both should be the protectors of society’s morals.
Yet these intellectual protectors of society, who lecture about how other people should be dedicated to the country, do the opposite after class. Such an event is not happening for the first time in China. Educational corruption is becoming more and more serious: a professor wenched and was disclosed; several middle school and even primary school teachers raped students, etc.
It's not only a problem of occupational integrity but also a problem of value. Some people regard it as a split personality. We could see from Zhao's handwritten answer several obviously professional terms, such as the relation between personal endeavor and collective advantage.
Schools ought to be the purest places in society. How come there is so much pursuit of money, power and lust? Where is our hope for the next generation? What actually is being learned and what spirit is being spread over universities?
Under the pretension of an oasis, universities have been deeply commercialized. Schools are no longer independent and learning is no longer liberal.
Everyone's soul is decaying. Our moral base line and concept of value cannot bear any more torture lest we see the collapse of education.
We must each examine our own conscience.
He (Zhao) was a 51-year-old professor teaching Marxism at Beijing Jiaotong University; she (alias A Fang) was a 26-year-old university student whose major was Marxism. Seemingly, these two were intellectuals of high political and social conscience. However, they were the protagonists in a sexual bribery case.
December 23rd, 2004, it was snowing; A Fang wanted to give Prof. Zhao a small gift for the New Year and went to his dormitory. As she arrived, Zhao asked how she had prepared for the graduate school entrance examination and implied that she could get much higher marks than other students.
As he continued on to say that nothing could be gotten for free, Zhao began to unclothe A Fang. She struggled but was warned that there would be no hope for her to enroll if she refused because he was responsible for correcting exam papers. A Fang could not help but give in; the exam was too important to her.
Zhao took out two pieces of exam paper from his drawer and handed them to A Fang. At first, she did not believe it. Zhao asked her to memorize the contents and burn the papers after the exam.
December 27th, A Fang found that the answer for the last question given by Zhao was not very clear and called him. Zhao gave her a handwritten answer at noon.
A Fang said she had always regretted what had happened that snowy day and thought many times of calling the police but she dared not offend Zhao. She kept the papers and answers given by Zhao. Also, she kept her underwear as evidence, which was said to contain Zhao's semen.
A Fang got very high marks on the two exams for which Zhao had given her the answers. However, she still failed because of her low mark in English. Once again, A Fang got in touch with Zhao, wishing that he could help. But this time, he refused.
A Fang was not admitted to graduate school. She then reported the whole thing to police, saying that she hoped such kinds of scandal would not happen to other girls. That was on June 9th, 2005.
However, when we contacted Prof. Zhao, he gave us another version. "She had come to my dormitory several times but we did not have sex," Zhao said. As for the exam papers, Zhao said that since the exam was over, the paper could be bought everywhere. But we got the information from officials that the paper could only be bought after September.
Then Zhao gave us another explanation, saying that she might have peeked at the answers on his computer when he was out as there was no code. When asked about the handwritten answer, he replied that, as there was no standard answer for the last question, he wrote it down for another teacher for convenience. He guessed that the girl got it from another teacher.
Beijing Jiaotong University is now inquiring into this event.
The sexual bribery scandal aroused much attention. We interviewed people from different circles. Students of Beijing Jiaotong University said that Prof. Zhao was a very kind person and his teaching was of a high reputation at the school. They felt shame to hear of such a scandal.
A law professor said that Prof. Zhao was suspected of leaking state secrets, but whether it was a crime was still unknown. There was a lot of evidence to be gone through, he said.
What people discussed most about the case was the hypocrisy and corruption of Chinese education. One was a university student while another a professor. Both are intellectuals of Marxism. Both should be the protectors of society’s morals.
Yet these intellectual protectors of society, who lecture about how other people should be dedicated to the country, do the opposite after class. Such an event is not happening for the first time in China. Educational corruption is becoming more and more serious: a professor wenched and was disclosed; several middle school and even primary school teachers raped students, etc.
It's not only a problem of occupational integrity but also a problem of value. Some people regard it as a split personality. We could see from Zhao's handwritten answer several obviously professional terms, such as the relation between personal endeavor and collective advantage.
Schools ought to be the purest places in society. How come there is so much pursuit of money, power and lust? Where is our hope for the next generation? What actually is being learned and what spirit is being spread over universities?
Under the pretension of an oasis, universities have been deeply commercialized. Schools are no longer independent and learning is no longer liberal.
Everyone's soul is decaying. Our moral base line and concept of value cannot bear any more torture lest we see the collapse of education.
We must each examine our own conscience.
1 Comments:
At 7:58 AM , Anonymous said...
It's funny when someone starts to get in trouble in China somebody claims that they might have "leaked state secrets". Why would a teacher who teaches such an outdated subject be privy to state secrets. Oh, that's right! Marxism is still the order of the day in China.
Dormitory?? He's 51 and lives in a dorm? Are you sure it's not an apartment?
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