Others reacted with sarcasm, and an outpouring of memes flooded the Chinese internet. Some called for an investigation into what they believed to be a “cover-up” by the local authorities. Instead, it fueled even more anger online, with users accusing the school and local officials of lying and pressuring the student to change his stance. The official findings and the student’s “clarification” failed to convince the public. “I found out it was not a rat head but a duck neck, so I would like to clarify,” the student said in the video.ĬNN has reached out to the school for comment. Meanwhile, a “clarification” video of the student circulated online. On the same day, an official at the district’s market supervision bureau appeared on the Jiangxi Radio and Television Station, saying officers had “repeatedly compared the object and confirmed it was indeed a piece of duck neck.” The school added that the local district’s market regulator had sent law-enforcement officers to the canteen to investigate. It said the student had invited classmates to look at the object and confirmed it was duck neck, and had submitted a written clarification. “Our investigation found that the video was indeed shot at our school canteen but its content does not match the facts,” the statement said. Many comments sided with the student, citing the object’s uncanny resemblance to the head of a rodent, with seemingly identifiable eyes, nose, mouth and ears.Īs public pressure mounted, the college issued a statement on June 3 claiming the object shown in the video was not a rat’s head, but a piece of duck neck, which is a popular delicacy in China. In the latest incident, the video sparked heated online discussions. The video went viral and caused a stir in China, where food safety has long been a major issue of public concern following scandals involving contaminated baby milk powder and “gutter oil” – recycled oil tainted with food waste or even sewage.Ĭhinese authorities have since tightened regulation and carried out periodic crackdowns, but food safety scandals, including in student canteens, have continued to make headlines and spark public outcries.
“This is duck meat, duck meat,” the staffer insisted. “Isn’t this rat’s teeth?” the student said, turning the object to reveal the tiny white pieces in the middle and the shape of a nose above. “This is duck meat,” a female staffer replied. In a video he posted on Chinese social media, the student picked up the dark hairy object with his chopsticks and complained to the canteen staff that he had found a rat’s head. The controversy began on June 1, when a student at the Jiangxi Industry Polytechnic College in the southeastern province of Jiangxi discovered something weird in his dish at the school canteen. The furore has also exposed deep levels of public distrust in Chinese local governments, whose attempts to cover up negative news have often backfired. It said more than 600 patients were being transferred to other hospitals.A strange object found in a school meal in China was the head of a rat, Chinese authorities have concluded, overturning previous official reassurances that it was duck neck in the latest twist to a food safety scandal that gripped the nation for weeks. Sections of 26 highways were closed due to the rain, the Transport Ministry said on its social media account.Ī blackout shut down ventilators at the First Affiliated Hospital of Zhengzhou University, forcing staff to use hand-pumped airbags to help patients breathe, according to the city's Communist Party committee.
Trains halted, sections of highways closedĪt least 10 trains carrying about 10,000 passengers were halted, including three for more than 40 hours, according to Caixin, a business news magazine.
Transport and working life have been disrupted throughout the province, with torrents of rain turning streets into rapidly flowing rivers, washing away cars and rising into people's homes. (Chinatopix)įootage posted on Twitter by news site The Paper showed subway passengers standing in chest-high muddy brown water as torrents raged in the tunnel outside. People tried to walk and bike through the flooded streets.
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