BEIJING: Arrests and deportations of foreign teachers in China have soared this year, lawyers, schools and teachers say, amid a broad crackdown ...
BEIJING: Arrests and deportations of foreign teachers in China have soared this year, lawyers, schools and teachers say, amid a broad crackdown defined by new police tactics and Beijing's push for a"cleaner", more patriotic education system.
An international school in Beijing and a teaching agency in Shanghai separately confirmed arrests had risen sharply."There's tremendous pressure for them to keep things clean. It's all part of Xi Jinping's idea to make sure that China can show a good face for the rest of the world," said Peter Pang, principal attorney at the IPO Pang Xingpu Law Firm in Shanghai, which represents foreign teachers in disputes.
Three former teachers from two schools in Beijing and Shanghai who were detained for between 10 and 30 days before being deported this year say authorities drug-tested teachers multiple times within weeks of arrival and conducted extensive interrogations. "The problem with hair testing is that it can detect cannabis from months prior," said Dan Harris, Seattle-based managing partner of law firm Harris Bricken, whose firm saw a steep rise in case requests involving foreign teachers beginning earlier this year.
The ongoing effort, which includes follow-up checks and random inspections at schools, is designed to promote"patriotism" and"core socialist values", reflecting a"love for the motherland", China's education ministry said at the time.
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