Second Chinese professor in sex scandal

A SECOND Chinese professor has been sacked by his university amid allegations of historic sexual misconduct as China’s own brand of #Metoo gathers momentum.

Women’s rights activists in China have focused on the country’s campuses to fight an online battle against sexual harassment.

Allegations that Shen Yang, a language professor, assaulted a female student 20 years ago at Peking University were posted online by someone who claimed to be a former classmate of the victim, who committed suicide in 1998, Xinhua news agency said.

The university said that it served Prof Shen with a “warning penalty” at the time.

The School of Liberal Arts at Nanjing University and Shanghai Normal University, where Prof Shen holds current roles, both recently announced that they had cut ties with him.

Prof Shen told Chinese media that the allegations were “malicious defamation” and “pathetic”.

His sacking comes after another Beijing university fired one of its top scholars after he was accused of sexual misconduct in January.