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How important are names? Well, that depends. The old question of Taiwan’s name resurfaced again when Chen Zhen (陳蓁), a Chinese adjunct (part time) professor at the Polytechnic University of Milan, recently bullied a Taiwanese student into changing the name of his country of origin on his thesis. Chen pressured him to change it from “Taipei, Taiwan,” to “Taipei, China.” So, how important are names, especially the accuracy of one’s country of origin on an academic thesis? Anyone who has visited a baseball game has probably heard vendors advertise their products: “You cannot t...

He said he was just communicating personally with the student, and not bullying or mistreating him.

Chen Zhen is being investigated by the Politecnico di Milano for possible breaches of its code of conduct.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs yesterday condemned a Chinese professor for pressing a Taiwanese student over his nationality, calling it an abuse of power. The ministry said it has asked its representative office in Italy to follow the investigation into the incident. The ministry issued the remark following a widely circulated video showing Chen Zhen (陳蓁), a professor at Polytechnic University of Milan, pressuring a student to change the country of origin on his thesis from “Taiwan” to “China.” In the video, Chen is seen interrupting a videoconference with several students to dir...

POLITICIANS WEIGH IN: A university in Milan is investigating a Chinese lecturer after a video showing him upbraiding a Taiwanese student over nationality went viral/ Staff Writer, with CNA