Muji Fined Over $30,000 for Calling Taiwan a Country

The Shanghai Administration for Industry & Commerce fined the local arm of Japanese retailer Muji 200,000 yuan ($31,000) for labeling Taiwan as a country on some products, a state newspaper confirmed Wednesday on Weibo.

In August 2017, the company had been found to sell hangers that said “Country of origin: Taiwan” in Chinese characters. Such conduct contravened China’s advertising law, the notice said, as it is “detrimental to the country’s dignity or interests.”

The National Administration of Surveying, Mapping, and Geoinformation had also called out Muji in January for maps that left out disputed territories like the South China Sea islands. 

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Doctor Detained, Suspected of Raping Patient Under Sedation

A Chengdu doctor has been detained on suspicion of raping his patient after giving her an injection of sedatives, district police announced on Wednesday.

The suspect, a 35-year-old surnamed Luo, was arrested on Saturday in Nanchong, another city in Sichuan province, two days after the victim reported the rape. Police say he has confessed.

Last week, reports that a college gynecologist in California targeted Chinese women for sexual harassment prompted the international student community to raise awareness of patients’ rights. In April, a campus doctor at a college in Henan was sacked after being reported for inappropriate touching and comments in consultations. 

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Changsha Lists 12 Rules for Teachers, Aiming to Curb Corruption

Changsha published a list of banned behaviors on Tuesday that will be used to evaluate the “virtue” of the city’s teachers.

Breaching the Party’s leadership is the first of the 12 don’ts, which also forbid taking bribes, faking qualifications, or charging for afterschool classes. Students’ scores and rankings must not be publicized — a common practice that authorities want to stop. Corporal punishment, discrimination, and spreading “religion or superstitious beliefs” are also prohibited. Teachers who fail the evaluation cannot be promoted or nominated for awards.

The list comes in response to a call from central government to establish such a system in January. Several other cities have published similar lists, and some, like Anhui’s capital Hefei, also address the issue of sexual harassment. 

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