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An Indian student in China has caused fury among Chinese citizens on social media on Friday after he made remarks that insulted China and Chinese people.
The student used offensive slurs which included
"Chinese pigs" and "chinks", as seen on the screenshots of comments from
the man, surnamed Kadukkasseri, on Tuesday on Douyin, the Chinese
domestic version of TikTok, which have since gone viral on China's
Twitter-like Sina Weibo.
Upset by the student's disrespect for
their country, some Chinese Weibo users called Kadukkasseri despicable,
and asked for him to immediately leave the country.
Jiangsu
University (JSU) in East China's Jiangsu Province confirmed Kadukkasseri
is an enrolled student after speaking to the Global Times.
The
university has since been informed of his remarks, and will continue to
pay close attention to the incident, said a JSU employee, surnamed Wu.
Kadukkasseri
himself posted a written statement on Weibo on Friday, apologizing for
his comments of hatred, saying that he was sorry that he had "hurt the
feelings of many Chinese citizens," and negatively affected the image of
JSU and that of other foreign students.
"My actions were
unintentional and impulsive," he said, adding that he didn't want to
"hurt or insult China or Chinese people as a whole," before claiming
that he had since deleted his controversial comments and blocked his
Douyin account.
"I promise things like this won't happen again," he wrote.
According
to the screenshots of his comments, Kadukkasseri made inappropriate
jokes about Chinese men, and even abused one Chinese netizen calling him
names like "pig" and "dickhead," resulting in the abused netizen
retorting with their own offensive words.
In fact, more anger
broke out on Weibo after Kadukkasseri was suspected of being a candidate
of JSU's Top 10 Outstanding Youths Award. "JSU should not overindulge
him," one user wrote on Friday, adding that "he doesn't deserve that
award."
In response, JSU denied the claims, informing the public that Kadukkasseri was not a candidate of the award.
"The
university will punish Kadukkasseri for his wrongdoings according to
its regulations on overseas students after a further investigation," Wu
told the Global Times on Friday.
Opening-up of educational sector to go on
International students celebrate their graduation in Taiyuan University of Technology in Central China's Shanxi province. [Photo/VCG]
Ministry says impact of
pandemic is temporary, intl cooperation to expand. China will continue
to open up its educational sector, a new
guideline issued by the Ministry of Education and seven other
departments said on Thursday.
An official from the ministry's Department of International
Cooperation and Exchanges said although the COVID-19 pandemic has
reshaped the global political and economic landscape, and China's
development is faced with a more complex external environment, the
country remained committed to opening up its education sector.
The pandemic will only have a temporary impact on the country's students going abroad, the official said.
The guideline reiterated that the country will continue to cultivate
more talent for its modernization drive by encouraging students to study
abroad, and the ministry will continue to expand cooperation with other
countries and offer more opportunities for overseas study, the official
said.
The ministry has always attached great importance to the safety and
health of overseas students and has provided pandemic control and
prevention materials, treatment and psychological support for overseas
students since the start of the COVID-19 outbreak, he said.
Wang Yan, senior specialist at the National Institute of Education
Sciences in Beijing, said educational opening-up will contribute to
national development by optimizing resource structure, cultivating more
talent, breaking barriers of institutional mechanisms and further
participating in global education governance.
The country has become the largest source for international students
since 2010. In 2018, 662,100 Chinese students went abroad to study,
according to the Ministry of Education.
Ran Wei, chief expert for overseas study at New Channel International
Education Group, a consultancy for overseas studies, said although the
COVID-19 pandemic has hindered students from going abroad, the impact
will not be long lasting.
"The guideline shows the country has not changed its stance in
opening up the education sector, and we are sure that more students will
continue to study abroad after the pandemic wanes globally," he said.
Shen Wei, associate professor of education policy at East China
Normal University, said students' willingness to study abroad has been
dampened by the pandemic, lackluster global economic development and
trade protectionism in some countries.
North American countries, which have generally been top choices for
Chinese students, have seen weak growth in the number of international
students from China, she said.
China should further diversify destinations for overseas study and promote mutual recognition of diploma and credit with countries and regions involved in the Belt and Road Initiative, she added.
Source: by Huang Lanlan, GLOBAL TIMES; By Zou Shuo| China Daily
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