Unwritten rules rampant on campus

It may have been a crime of passion, but the recent stabbing of a Beijing college professor over an affair with a student has lifted the lid on an academic system riddled with corruption and scandal.

Fu Chengli was sentenced to death with a two-year reprieve on Oct 20 for the murder of Cheng Chunming, 43, last year. He refused his right to appeal the conviction.

The 23-year-old, a student at the China University of Political Science and Law, fatally stabbed Chen in the neck because he believed the lecturer was having an affair with his girlfriend.