Student Who Died in China Factory Explosion Was Forced to Work There by His Professor

Student Who Died in China Factory Explosion Was Forced to Work There by His Professor
The scene of the factory explosion. via Beijing News
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Following the death of a young graduate student in a Shanghai factory explosion, Chinese public attention has closed in on the all-too-frequent exploitation that is pervasive in the country’s academic scene.

Beijing News reported that Li Peng, a 25-year-old student at Shanghai’s East China University of Science and Technology, died on May 23 along with two other employees at a chemical factory called Joule Wax Co. Ltd.

The Joule Wax factory. (via Beijing News)
The Joule Wax factory. via Beijing News
Juliet Song
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Juliet Song is an international correspondent exclusively covering China news for NTD. She primarily contributes to NTD's "China in Focus," covering U.S.-China relations, the Chinese regime's human rights abuses, and domestic unrest inside China.