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China sex scandal teacher suspended after husband exposes affair with 16-year-old student, 2.5 billion view story of forbidden love online

  • Chemistry teacher’s cuckolded husband posts WeChat records online
  • Relationship not illegal in China but against professional ethical code and morals

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The story of a sex scandal involving a 30-something teacher in China and her 16-year-old male pupil has been viewed 2.5 billion times on mainland social media. Photo: SCMP composite/Shutterstock/Douyin
Fran Luin Beijing

The story of a woman secondary school teacher in Shanghai who was suspended after her husband exposed her alleged affair with a 16-year-old student in her class has gone super viral on mainland social media.

In the space of just 19 hours, the hashtag for the story topped Weibo’s trending list and had attracted 2.5 billion views and nearly 5 million shares by February 19.

On February 16, a man, surnamed Wu, who said he was the husband of the teacher called Zhang Yue, who is believed to be in her 30s, posted WeChat records of her flirting with a 16-year-old student.

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According to screenshots circulating on mainland social media, Wu revealed that his wife, a chemistry teacher and first-year form tutor at the Shanghai No. 2 Secondary School, was “having sex with her 16-year-old student”.

The teacher’s alleged sexual relationship with her 16-year-old male student was exposed by her husband. Photo: Douyin
The teacher’s alleged sexual relationship with her 16-year-old male student was exposed by her husband. Photo: Douyin

The husband claimed that in the chat records between Zhang and the teenage boy, they allegedly discussed where they could date secretly, and the possibility of “getting a hotel room”.

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