In a bowl of hot soup: Chinese university student goes viral after dumping scalding soup onto another student over seating dispute

The student had taken a seat being saved by another student but instead of moving away, she poured the soup on her head after the confrontation

The university said the perpetrator would receive demerits

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The mainland Chinese internet is abuzz with a story about a woman pouring hot soup on the head of a fellow student over a seating dispute. Photo: SCMP composite

Published: 3:00pm, 15 Jun 2022

A June 10 incident of campus violence has gone viral in China after a college student poured scalding hot soup on the head of another woman who tried to move her from the seat she had saved.

The victim, surnamed Wei, from Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region in southern China, did not know the attacker, surnamed Zeng, before the conflict.

The canteen that evening was busy with students having dinner, and Wei arrived at the seat she had saved only to find Zeng in the chair eating.

When Wei tried to explain that she had saved the seat, Zeng stood up, dumped the soup on Wei’s head and quickly walked away.

“Yesterday, I saw a girl pour a freshly cooked bowl of noodles onto another girl’s head in the canteen. I did not know what happened, but I felt terrified,” another student wrote on her social media platform.

A screenshot of the moment when one student poured hot soup on the head of another. Photo: Weibo

The university issued a notice on Monday and confirmed the incident.

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