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‘Marx will feel embarrassed for him’: professor in China dismissed for sharing sexually explicit image on social media
- Southeast University in Nanjing fires dean of school of Marxism after he sends pornographic content to work-related WeChat group
- ‘How could people like this teach Marxist thoughts?’ says commenter after screenshots go viral
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Sylvie Zhuangin Beijing
The dean of a Marxist institute at a prominent university has been dismissed for sharing explicit sexual content in a social media group, raising questions about ethics among faculty at China’s fast-growing schools focused on the political ideology.
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Southeast University in the eastern city of Nanjing announced on its Weibo account on Monday night that it had decided to dismiss Yuan Jiuhong, the dean of the university’s school of Marxism.
Yuan was dismissed after screenshots of him sending a sexually explicit image to a 332-member WeChat work group named “Deans of Marxist Schools” went viral. Southeast University later confirmed that Yuan was the WeChat user who sent the image.
Group members responded with emojis, according to the screenshots, which circulated widely on Chinese social media platforms including Weibo and WeChat, with many users commenting on the irony of his status as the dean of a Marxist institute tasked with upholding the highest moral standards.
Most responded with sarcasm and humour. “So this is what Marxism is about,” some commenters wrote, while others said, “Marx will feel embarrassed for him.”
“Where is your mission? Where is your belief?” said a user named “cupnoodles111000”. Another user named “bay area xiao qiang” said, “That’s why he can become the dean of the Marxist school.”
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Others responded with shock and frustration, with comments such as “How could people like this teach Marxist thoughts?”
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