School beatings take center stage in Chinese media

Several high-profile incidents involving China's teachers who beat their pupils, sometimes cruelly and violently, have shone the spotlight on an issue the government would prefer to keep under wraps, experts say.

Several cases of violence against students, which is strictly banned by law, have been reported recently by the press.

One of the most brutal examples is that of Yang Hong, a 17-year-old pupil at a high school in Yijun, a rural district town in the northern province of Shaanxi.

On May 11, the school's principal bashed Yang's head against a wall several times to punish him for leaving the school without permission.

Yang, who complained of massive headaches after the attack, died one month later in hospital in the provincial capital of Xian. He was denied medical treatment and kept as a virtual prisoner at school for more than 15 days after the beating.

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Isn't this the same thing that happened not too long ago in the South when a black student dated a white girl? (Bob Jones U. and proud guest speaker Bush.)

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