china protestUnusual student protest in China, college principal held hostage for more than 30 hours

Описание: Extraordinary student protests in China, college principals held hostage for more than 30 hours Some students also surrounded officers and stopped them from swearing and performing their duties, Chinese media

BEIJING, June 10 (Xinhua) - Chinese police say thousands of angry college students held the principal hostage for several hours over concerns about their degrees, according to Chinese media reports. Protests on a large scale are unusual where the Communist Party controls large movements. Zhongbei College at Nanjing Normal University in the eastern province of Jiangsu was outraged when plans were made to merge the college with another vocational college.
The students feared that the affiliation would diminish the value of their degree as they would lag behind in the competition for employment in China's densely populated market. Danyang City Police said in a statement that the students had met the principal for 30 hours in college. Hostage for a long time.


The statement said that some students also surrounded the officers and insulted them and prevented them from performing their duties.

Users posted pictures of the protest on social media, with police charging and spraying batons on students and a student bleeding from her head. Police said in a statement that security forces had been deployed to restore normalcy on campus. Steps were taken in accordance with the law to release the beleagured and the injured to be rushed to the hospital for medical treatment.
He said Jiangsu Education Department officials had also suspended the college's affiliation, which would apply to five local universities, but Zhongbei College students refused to stop protesting. The hashtag "Students Wounded by Law Enforcement Activists" was also used, but the hashtag and photos related to the incident were blocked on Weibo.
A video circulating on Twitter shows dozens of police and security personnel torturing students in a crowded school hall. An eyewitness confirmed the authenticity of the videos and photos where a An estimated 3,000 students and 400 police officers were present. The student said, "We have been arrested. However, the police raided the college and tortured and sprayed the students, threatening and abusing them."
The Jiangsu Education Department announced the college's affiliation in March, saying it was being carried out on the instructions of the Ministry of Education, with the aim of merging private colleges into vocational schools. They are being deceived and the facts are being hidden, so the students started protesting. They said that the fees of Zhongbe College are also very high, which is about 17,000 yen (500 3,500) per year and in vocational college. Who will spend it?
According to the report, five colleges had issued separate statements in recent days, assuring students that despite the change, they would be awarded a university diploma. A record 9 million students graduated from the university in China this year. It is likely that this large number of students will face stiff competition in the market for employment.