Huazhong Normal University

Type: Organization

Name: Huazhong Normal University

First reported May 03 2013 - Updated May 03 2013 - 1 reports

Tsinghua University

Statue erected for top student sparks controversy

WUHAN - Yang Yuan, a Tsinghua University freshman, never thought he would become a web celebrity.The 19-year-old scored the highest mark in the 2012 national college entrance examination in Enshi Tujia and Miao autonomous prefecture last year. To mark ... [Published CHINAdaily - May 03 2013]

Entities: Tsinghua University, Zhou Man, Yan Zheng, Huazhong Normal University

First reported Apr 17 2013 - Updated Apr 17 2013 - 1 reports

HK transgender woman sues for right to marry man

A transgender woman who has been twice turned down by Hong Kong courts to have the right to marry her boyfriend took her case to the Court of Final Appeal, which predictably did not deliver a verdict on Tuesday, the Hong Kong-based Mingpao Daily repo ... [Published Global Times - Apr 17 2013]

Entities: Hong Kong, Peng Xiaohui, Huazhong Normal University, David Pannick, Same-Sex Marriage

First reported Feb 28 2013 - Updated Mar 01 2013 - 1 reports

China Focus: Fatal stampede exposes excessive rural school mergers

by Xinhua writer Hu Tao, Yuan Zhiguo and Xu HaiboWUHAN, Feb. 28 (Xinhua) -- Xu Zhaoyi now trembles with fear when entering his school's dormitory, as he bore witness to a fatal stampede that occurred at the school on Wednesday in central China's Hubei ... [Published Xinhua News Agency - Feb 28 2013]

Entities: Mergers & Acquisitions, Laohekou (China), China

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Zhou Man, president of the high school, said the decision to erect a statue was taken to provide an incentive for other students to do well. "There are statues of Lao Zi, the founder of Taoism, and Confucius, so why can't we have statues of students and put them up as models for people to learn from?" Zhou said

Statue erected for top student sparks controversy [Published CHINAdaily - May 03 2013]

"People with higher education tend to have more tolerance but there is a long way to go to change the discriminatory situation transsexuals face" Peng added

HK transgender woman sues for right to marry man [Published Global Times - Apr 17 2013]

"Five students were lying on the ground after the stampede. Teachers were trying to revive them" said Xu, a 9-year-old student at the Qinji Primary School in Xueji Township in the city of Laohekou

China Focus: Fatal stampede exposes excessive rural school mergers [Published Xinhua News Agency - Feb 28 2013]

...And the zone can reflect a university's openness to campus couples and also help prevent them from bothering others in public," Peng said. "From a physical and psychological perspective, campus love is natural for students in their 20s. Schools should be active in providing service, instead of trying to limit them" said Peng, adding that the campus cuddle zones would open to the public and not provide complete privacy

Campus cuddle zones for couples [Published People.com.cn - Nov 15 2012]