While the Party celebrated its centenary, Weibo bloggers were angry over a murder involving an allegedly ‘black American foreign teacher’
China was a red sea in the last few days, from red flags to red light shows, when the Communist Party celebrated its 100th birthday on July 1. Weibo users, however, saw red in something else that took place on June 14th.
On that day, according to reports found on Baidu, a foreign faculty member, allegedly black and American, at the Ningbo University of Technology killed a female student with a knife after a failed courtship. He was arrested by the Yinzhou Public Security Bureau next day. In its notice, the bureau only mentioned the suspect as foreign national. On Weibo, however, the hashtag clearly spelled out American and black.
What Weibo users were unhappy about was the lack of coverage on the part of the flagship state media, the fact the topic was not included by Weibo in its hot search list, the lack of accountability on the part of the university, and the choice of words “emotional disputes” used by the public security as the cause of the crime.
#Ningbo University of Technology American black foreign teacher killed female student
Nine nine Hanisa: A black foreign teacher at the Ningbo University of Technology killed a female student with a knife in a rage, cutting her dozens of times, after his failed courtship. The school has been trying hard to suppress the news. I hope the school as our ivory tower is not a refuge for the abuser.
Ice lemon and maple leaf: The school leaders, be Chinese. So many students filed complaints but were ignored, now tragedy happened. The school is doing nothing but shirking its responsibilities, even preventing the victim’s parents from picking up their daughter’s belongings. Our national dignity is all lost.
Twenty-eight at beginning of summer: Unable to fight back with her hands and feet with fractured bones, her calling for help was not answered, her face was cut dozens of times, she was fainting with pain, another cut woke her up with sharp pain, she felt her skin being cut open, deep through her cheeks, she struggled with all her strength, but he pressed her down hard, and stuck the knife deep in her neck! Pay with life for murder. We need results.
Ga-M1ng0124: When the American cop killed a black man with his knee, our media reported on it every day. Now a black man killed a Chinese compatriot, they are trying to lower the temperature.
Li ah ni ah: This is not even on hot search list?
Walker sleep: People’s Daily? Xinhua News Agency? When are you going to give a peep for the dead Chinese female student?
Soldier 06141522: On the eve of the Party’s centenary, the black foreign teacher killed a Chinese female student with an extremely cruel method. It was contempt for our Party and the country. Hope the department concerned will punish the person with the most severe penalty to maintain the dignity of the Party and the country.
Yu Xi: The world is so scary. Such a big matter is being suppressed, and even during the Party’s centennial celebration. Does this not deserve to be seriously investigated? When? People are disappointed, while some just want people to forget. Alas.
If loneliness or happiness is not remembered: His foreign nationality is not an umbrella of protection. He is in China and Chinese laws must be applied. He who kills must pay with his life.
Panpan Aven: It was taken down from the hot search list. Only the insignificant topics are on the list. Hope the law will bring a fair trial!! Foreigners are not more than equal and must take responsibilities for their wrong doings!!! Such a person as a teacher is a scum!!! The school must give an explanation!!!
Muzi bow Li Mi: Damn. What a school is this? Such a murderer could be a teacher. Is it hard to find teachers? Many outstanding talents cannot find opportunities, yet such a human scum could work in a school.
AKABLUE—NASA: I don’t discriminate blacks, but I also don’t like blacks.
y_yuan1009: Chinese people are not inferior to others! Those leaders who knelt before foreigners when our compatriot got murdered should get seventy knife cuts on their own face by your black daddy. You do not deserve to be Chinese.
Loyal Mao Yushi: Feeling awfully bad inside. It wouldn’t be too extreme to wish their whole family dead to those traitors who introduced such a black into China.
yz Heng Ze: Don’t suppress it. Talk about it openly. We want to know the beginning and the end of this. When someone died, it must be handled according to the law. Foreigners should not get special treatment.
Zhejiangnese inaction: Look at the foreigners, foreign students in China. Compared to the American white kneeling on the black’s neck, some of the personnel at some of our organizations are kneeling on the ground, too weak to stand up.
Rely on yourself is better than on anything else: How did this black “teacher” become a foreign teacher at the college? Why were multiple complaints about the improper behavior of the “teacher” not dealt with? Why did the school only offer to return the tuition afterwards? All the questions must be taken seriously.
Yi-Qian: It was on the hot search and then taken down. It is obvious that the black teacher killed the female student with threats and force. Yet the public security in a notice described the cause as “emotional disputes.” The way some things are handled in China nowadays makes one feel cold in the heart.
Honor & disgrace LiuShuai: Could the threshold be raised for foreigners to enter China? Any trash could be stuffed into our country. It seems that to judge a college is to see if it has foreign teachers, and it doesn’t matter what the teacher did before.
Aiden137: Not going to be emotional. Just want to know when this group of foreign garbage in China can get out. China does not need such foreign trash. At the same time, all Chinese should stand up to foreigners and not treat them as masters.
Thirteenth cat: This guy is still not dead? Public grievances are boiling!! We are not an immigrant country. We already have serious brain drain. Yet we import such foreign garbage. We do not need foreign garbage who cannot even speak Chinese!!
Cool sister Alita: Girls are after all a vulnerable group. So sad. Give the dead the justice. Don’t know how her parents would go on.
A gentle scholar: I hope our country will take this matter seriously and severely punish this foreign garbage!
I want to be a bad guy: This is China, in 2021, not late Qing dynasty when we let others bully us. We are China, China! The black teacher at Ningbo University of Technology killed a Chinese student, our compatriot! The whole China is watching and see if he would be extradited back home or face death penalty in China. If not death penalty, we would go on the street to protest and protest blacks coming to China!
Autumn wind and cold rain: On the occasion of the Party’s centenary, if the government is unable to act in people’s interests, wouldn’t our martyrs feel cold in the heart?
RyhannahyR: China has not stood up after all.