Top Chinese university sacks academic accused of inappropriate relationships with string of students
- Peking University says assistant professor violated professional ethics and was a bad influence
A top Chinese university has fired an assistant professor for professional misconduct after claims surfaced online that he was having inappropriate relationships with various women – some of them students – at the same time.
Peking University also revoked the teaching licence and academic title of Feng Renjie, 36, according to a university statement posted on the social media platform Weibo on Wednesday.
The university said it launched an investigation into Feng, who worked at its Beijing International Centre for Mathematical Research, after it received a formal complaint on November 20.
The statement came after a student at another university claimed in a series of anonymous posts earlier this month that she was one of Feng’s former girlfriends and that he had been involved with at least seven women – many of them students – simultaneously between May and August.
The woman said in her posts that she also emailed various university departments twice and tried to file a complaint at the Beijing municipal education authority and the state supervisory commission but all without success.