Racist attack against Chinese lecturer at UK arouses concerns...
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A Chinese university lecturer was subjected to a racist attack by a gang of men while out jogging in Southampton, UK, raising concerns over the safety of Chinese people overseas.
The 37-year-old Chinese
national named Wang Peng, a lecturer at the University of Southampton,
was out jogging in the afternoon in Woolston, Southampton on March 1
when four men shouted racial abuse at him from a car, saying things like
“Chinese virus.” When he shouted back, the gang of four got out and
attacked him.
He was repeatedly punched and kicked to the ground, suffering injuries to his nose and elbow.
Wang
told the Global Times on Tuesday that he felt better after receiving
hospital treatment but said he was very concerned about the safety of
Chinese nationals in the UK, especially the overseas students.
“Since
the University of Southampton is one of the most prestigious
universities in the UK, around 95 percent to 98 percent of the 400
international students that I teach every year come from China. I hope
my experience can serve as a reminder to them to notice the potential
danger,” Wang told the Global Times, noting that the men attacking him
shouted insults such as telling him to go back home.
Wang has
worked as a lecturer in financial management at the Department of
Accounting with the University of Southampton since 2014 after he
graduated with a PhD from the Harbin Institute of Technology in Harbin,
Northeast China’s Heilongjiang Province.
Professor Jane
Falkingham, vice president (international) as well as dean of the
Faculty of Social Sciences at the University of Southampton told the
Global Times on Tuesday that she was very concerned and saddened to
learn about the attack on Wang.
“The City of Southampton is
known for its diversity and has welcomed people from across the world
for hundreds of years. Last night I had the honor of joining a meeting
attended by several hundred people to show their support and solidarity
with Dr. Wang and condemnation of all violence and racism. The meeting
was attended by people from across the UK [on Zoom],” Falkingham said.
The
university has issued a statement reaffirming its commitment to zero
tolerance of violence and discrimination. “Our university does not, and
will not, tolerate violence or discrimination against any member of our
community. We all have a role to play in making all our staff, students
and visitors feel welcome and safe,” professor Mark E. Smith, president
and vice-chancellor, said in the statement.
Local police arrested a 23-year-old Southampton man on suspicion of racially aggravated assault but later released him.
“Although
there were witnesses to the attack, there were no surveillance cameras
in the area where the attack happened. The police only caught one of the
attackers who owned the vehicle but had to release him due to a lack of
substantial evidence such as surveillance footage,” Wang said.
Similar
racial attacks against overseas Chinese in the UK also happened last
year after the COVID-19 epidemic broke out in China.
A group of
four Chinese students from the University of Southampton were assaulted
and one of them was attacked outside the student accommodation last
March. A female postgraduate student from Sheffield University was
verbally abused and shoved by three people because she was wearing a
protective face mask when she walking alone near the university last
January.
source: http://enapp.globaltimes.cn/#/article/1217112, By Du Qiongfang
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