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Emergency staff members guide a stranded car to a safe area as huge waves lash the shore in Sansha Township of Xiapu County, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 25, 2024. East China's Fujian Province had relocated 156,800 residents as of 7 a.m. Thursday as Typhoon Gaemi, the third typhoon of this year, approaches, said local authorities. Meanwhile, 73 passenger ferry routes along the province's coast were suspended and 97 flights canceled. Over 29,000 people working on fishing rafts along its coast have been evacuated to the shore, and 733 fishing boats have taken shelter at ports and some 3,200 people aboard have been evacuated ashore, according to the provincial flood control office. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

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Emergency staff members are on guard against Typhoon Gaemi at a port in Sansha Township of Xiapu County, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 25, 2024. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)

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Huge waves lash the shore in Sansha Township of Xiapu County, southeast China's Fujian Province, July 25, 2024. (Xinhua/Jiang Kehong)
 

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At Least 12 Dead After Landslide Hits Village in Hunan


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in central China’s Hunan province on Sunday has killed 12 and injured 6, state media reported, citing the provincial emergency management department.

The landslide occurred around 8am in Yuelin village of Hengyang city as a result of heavy rainfall in recent days, according to a report from the official Xinhua news agency.

A one-story house, described on social media as a homestay that had been operating for more than a decade, was smashed into debris, and local rescuers were seen cleaning fallen trees and other obstacles, according to video clips circulating online.

The village is located near the Mount Heng resort – one of the most famous mountains in China. The scenic spot draws many
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during the summer thanks to its cool weather.

Six people who were injured have been sent to hospital for treatment, Xinhua said.
No additional deaths were reported as of noon on Sunday. It remains unclear how many are missing.
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Legal experts and feminist activists are calling on Chinese universities to set up a system to prevent sexual harassment on campus, following
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of a top university professor after he was exposed online as a predator.

Wang Guiyuan, 65, a literature professor at the prestigious Renmin University of China, was dismissed on Monday, less than 24 hours after one of his PhD students posted a video to social media platform Weibo detailing his behaviour.

The student’s video included audio recordings to back her allegations and was widely circulated online in China. The student alleged Wang had sexually and verbally abused her, and also threatened to prevent her from graduating.

Wang, a former deputy dean and party secretary of the university’s school of liberal arts, was also expelled from the Communist Party. Local police have said they are investigating the case.

Renmin University’s quick action was welcomed, but did not dispel doubts among those who believe that Chinese universities lack the mechanisms to prevent sexual harassment.

“I hope this incident will be a turning point that will change the atmosphere of sexual harassment in universities and society, and promote the establishment of a normal mechanism against sexual harassment,” said Lao Dongyan, a law professor at Tsinghua University.

Writing on her Weibo account on Tuesday night, Lao said that “in many cases, students can’t get the support they need from their university. Some universities even put pressure on students not to go public … for fear of damaging their reputations”.

In a statement on Monday, Renmin University said Wang had “seriously violated party discipline, university rules and teachers’ professional ethics”. There was no mention of sexual harassment or any detail about what Wang’s behaviour had involved.

Women’s rights advocate
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criticised the vagueness of the wording in a post to her Weibo account on Monday, which was reposted thousands of times before it was deleted.
“The regulations on teachers’ ethics and conduct only mention the prohibition of sexual harassment, but do not specify what constitutes sexual harassment, how schools should prohibit it, or how students can seek help,” she said.
 

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In wait for the court's verdict, an organization or public person cannot speak in certain terms, lest it risk being sued by the defendant should they prove innocent or less guilty.

This "activist" is an idiot as you cannot have women's rights without rule of law in general.
 
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