Student 'riot' at Chinese college

Posted on June 20, 2006 11:53 PM | | Comments (0)

BBC World News
20 June 2006

Police have occupied a college campus in central China after riots involving thousands of students, reports said.

Students at the college, in Henan province, were angry at the college's move to award less prestigious diplomas, local media said.

Last week, angry students ransacked the campus, damaging cars, shops and dormitories.

The college has now been placed under "total police control", Hong Kong daily Ta Kung Pao reports.

Photographs circulating on the internet of Thursday's riot at Shengda Economics, Trade and Management College showed smashed windows, damaged cars and a campus littered with debris and broken bicycles.

Hong Kong daily Ming Pao said up to 10,000 students took part in the riot.

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