A school in China has come under fire after an instructor forcibly cut a student's hair off in front of his classmates in a now-viral video that has caused uproar over mainland Chinese schools forcing students to look a certain way. The unnamed student from Feiyun Middle School in Ruian, Zhejiang province, eastern China, was forced to undergo a haircut...
Debate about oppressive school rules on appearance erupts in China after a video of a student forcibly having his hair cut appears online.A school in China has come under fire after an instructor forcibly cut a student's hair off in front of his classmates in a now-viral video that has caused uproar over mainland Chinese schools forcing students to look a certain way.
The students were undergoing military service, an annual exercise that usually lasts two weeks for older students in mainland China at the start of the academic year. Parents were informed about the rule in advance but the boy had not complied, according to the school. The video triggered heated discussion online, with most people criticising the forced haircut as humiliating and repressive, while a small number of people supported the school's actions.
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