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A PPT from the Southeast University Medical School circulating online shows that out of 236 freshmen enrolled, only 133 remain, a dropout rate of 43.6%. In Medical Imaging, 6 out of 21 remain, and in the 5+3 integrated clinical program, 39 out of 86 students transferred out. Some students claim that in their freshman year, the class size dropped from over 30 to 14.
Nanjing University has been exposed for spending over 31 million yuan to install surveillance equipment in 103 classrooms. Officials claim the move aims to increase student engagement, sparking public criticism over the waste of public funds and the oversight of public power.
On November 6, a food delivery rider in Nanjing, Jiangsu, suspected of dying suddenly while sitting on his electric scooter at a traffic light. Passersby stepped forward to check on him and provide assistance, but rescue personnel arrived and were unable to resuscitate him. The body has been removed.
Media reports indicate that Nanjing University's Xianlin Campus has implemented a smart classroom system equipped with facial detection and intelligent recognition algorithms, which tracks real-time attendance and head-up rates, sparking criticism over privacy violations.
After an internal appeal failed, the teaching assistant posted their experience online. Subsequently, their office access was revoked and their employment contract was terminated. The contract stipulated a work week of no more than 40 hours over five days.
Recently, a restaurant in Nanjing put up a sign at its entrance reading "Kylian Mbappé and related derivatives are prohibited from entering," attracting widespread attention.
On November 2, netizens posted an exposé revealing that Nanjing University recently implemented a "smart classroom system." The system uses classroom cameras to monitor and record attendance rates, late arrivals, and student attentiveness (head-up rates) in real-time. Some teachers have notified students that these attendance data will affect their daily grades and could even lead to the cancellation of exam eligibility, sparking questioning and anger among the students.
On October 29, the official website of Hongshan College of Nanjing University of Finance and Economics released a tender announcement, planning to purchase a cross-border VPN monitoring system with a budget of 245,000 yuan. The system is required to integrate with internet authentication, link to the real names of faculty and students, and track the number of 'sensitive site visits' per person. The system must be capable of decrypting Shadowsocks traffic and include a real-time dashboard for statistics on circumventing the Great Firewall.
Hong Youcheng, 32, worked in research and development at Nanjing Wandes Environmental Protection Technology Co., Ltd. He says that after a dispute with the company over work injuries and overtime, his computer, phone and identification documents were taken away, and that in 2024 and 2026 he was twice sent to a psychiatric hospital, staying a total of about eleven months. Over the years, he repeatedly reported the matter to the police and filed lawsuits, but none were accepted.
On October 17, a graduate teaching assistant in Nanjing went hiking for about 5 hours on their day off and did not reply to messages from parents. They were held accountable by their leadership, and the work group subsequently required staff to check their work phones at least once every three hours on days off.
On October 15, a netizen posted to expose that Nanjing Audit University had launched a “Dormitory Anomaly Analysis” feature in its student affairs system, matching dormitory and campus gate turnstile data with class schedules to automatically record class absences and anomalies; in serious cases, students are disciplined according to the student handbook. Students posted to question this and reported that the “Direct Feedback Box” in WeChat Work could not be opened.
On October 12, Asia Weekly reported that Xu Huping, the former director of the Nanjing Museum and the central figure in the museum's antiquities case, died of lung cancer less than a month after being sentenced; on October 14, the Nanjing Museum's customer service said it had not yet obtained the information, and no official notice had been released.
On September 30, some high schools in Changzhou, Suzhou, Nanjing, and other places in Jiangsu province suddenly adjusted the National Day holiday for senior students from three or four days to seven days. Schools notified students and parents to attend a parent meeting that evening to explain the situation. Netizens speculate it may be related to rumors of student falls.
In the first year of the nationwide marriage registration policy, Nanjing saw marriage registrations increase by more than 15% year on year, with over 22,000 couples from elsewhere coming to obtain their marriage certificates. The Wall Street Journal noted that this may only attract people who were already planning to marry, and does not necessarily resolve concerns about the economic burden of marriage and childbearing.
On September 26, Zhongda Hospital Affiliated to Southeast University in Nanjing, Jiangsu, set up a dedicated "children's infusion study area" equipped with desks and chairs in the pediatric infusion zone, drawing public attention.