Poverty-stricken female graduate student commits suicide at school dorm – China News

China has long had a reputation for its use of the honey trap -- deploying beautiful women to steal information from foreign countries and companies, something reflected in the recent espionage scandal at the South Korean consulate in Shanghai.

Shanghai World Expo Bureau held the press conference on April 23 to help testing Expo news center’s operations. Unexpectedly an American female reporter from National Public Radio in Shanghai, Louisa Lim (Lin Mulian 林慕莲) shouted accusations that World Expo mascot Haibao was plagiarized from an American cartoon icon Gumby. She also produced photos as evidence, the scene suddenly turned chaotic.

“At this moment, I think my original decision was made too rashly and I have never expected what had happened afterwards. I would like to thank friends for the advice before everything. The reality of the China’s academic circles: cruel, faithless and heartless, although I overlooked all of these because of my self-righteousness.”

Yesterday morning. Shenzhen university third year female student leaped from the top of her home building ended her 19-year-old life. It was not yet four month since she wrote on her blog “Cherish and love life”. Police have determined Yang Jing Qian (杨倩) committed suicide by jumping off the building.