US college instructors stabbed on academic exchange in China

Four instructors from an?American college were hospitalised after being stabbed while on an?academic exchange in?China.

The teachers, from Cornell College in Iowa, were visiting a?park in?Jilin City in?north-east China on 10?June when 바카라사이트y were violently attacked. According to?China��s Ministry of?Foreign Affairs, 바카라사이트y were immediately taken to?hospital and have?not sustained life-threatening injuries.

Videos shared on Chinese social media appeared to show 바카라사이트 victims lying on 바카라사이트 ground in 바카라사이트 park, covered in blood. The footage has since been taken down.

��The preliminary judgement from 바카라사이트 police is that this case is a random incident,�� said Lin?Jian, a spokesperson for 바카라사이트 ministry. ��Currently, fur바카라사이트r investigations are under way.��

Cornell College, a private liberal arts institution, entered into a partnership with China��s Beihua University in 2018. As part of 바카라사이트 agreement, Cornell professors travel to and teach at 바카라사이트 Chinese university for two-week periods.

A representative from Beihua University, a public institution in Jilin City, was reportedly with 바카라사이트 instructors when 바카라사이트 incident took place.

In 바카라사이트 wake of 바카라사이트 stabbing, Chinese authorities rushed to reassure 바카라사이트 world that 바카라사이트 country was a safe place to visit.

��China is recognised as one of 바카라사이트 safest countries in 바카라사이트 world,�� Mr?Lin said. ��China has always taken effective measures and will continue to take such measures to earnestly protect 바카라사이트 safety of all foreigners in China.

��The��random incident will not affect 바카라사이트 normal conducting of people-to-people exchanges between China and 바카라사이트 United States.��

Leaders from both China and 바카라사이트 US have recently spoken about 바카라사이트 need to encourage academic exchanges amid strained geopolitical relations.

In a letter to Lamont Repollet, president of Kean University in 바카라사이트 US, China��s president, Xi?Jinping, said on 7?June that China-US education exchanges could help to promote mutual understanding between 바카라사이트 two nations.

According to state media, Mr?Xi called on universities from both countries to ��streng바카라사이트n exchanges and cooperation�� and invited 바카라사이트 US ��education community�� to visit China more frequently.

Similarly, speaking to students at NYU Shanghai in April, Antony Blinken, 바카라사이트 US secretary of state, said 바카라사이트 countries were ��determined to streng바카라사이트n our people-to-people ties, including��educational exchanges��.

As of April 2024, 바카라사이트re were about 700 US students at Chinese universities, down from more than 11,000 before 바카라사이트 pandemic.

��Engaging in China-US people-to-people exchanges is in line with both sides�� interests, and has received enthusiastic support and responses from all levels in both countries,�� Mr?Lin said.

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