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China’s top education authority is soliciting public opinion on stopping
educators from having romantic relationships (quan hệ lãng mạn) with their students, a provision not explicitly spelled out in current laws.

In a draft (dự thảo) regulation published Tuesday, the Ministry of Education for the first time set rules for student-teacher interaction (giao tiếp, giao thiệp) at primary and secondary schools, while prohibiting extracurricular (ngoại khóa) relationships. The draft also stipulates that teaching staff are prohibited from intentionally touching (cố ý đụng chạm) students, having conversations with sexual undertones (tình cảm (phẩm chất, hàm ý..) ngầm; dòng ngầm), and acting in a way that could constitute sexual harassment (quấy rối tình dục) or assault.

Under China’s newly revised criminal law, the age of sexual consent has been raised from 14 to 16 in cases involving “special groups” — including legal guardians, foster parents (bố mẹ nuôi), and abusers at academic or medical institutions — with perpetrators facing three to 10 years in prison. Sexually assaulting girls under 10 can incur prison terms of at least 10 years or even the death penalty, depending on the severity of the crime.

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