On May 12, screenshots circulated on the Internet claiming that Dr. Song Kai, a teacher at Nanjing Forestry University, was demoted and reduced his salary because he failed the assessment during the first employment period, so he chose to commit suicide on April 2!
Xiaohongshu netizen "North American Raiders" posted:
The post is accompanied by three images. In the first picture, a netizen with the screen name "Yang XX – XX Institute of the Chinese Academy of Sciences" posted:
"My master's classmate, Dr. Song Kai, Ph.D. at UBC, Canada, was introduced to the Department of Biological and Environmental Science and Engineering of Nanjing Forestry University in April 2019, with an initial employment period of 4 years. Song Kai committed suicide in Nanjing on April 2 at the age of 38. ”
The second picture is an introduction to Song Kai on the website of the College of Ecology and Environment of Nanjing Forestry University.
The third image is a detailed description of the suicide:
Song Kai, born in July 1986, 2010.9-2013.6 graduate student of School of Environmental Science and Engineering, Peking University, studied abroad under the sponsorship of CSC after graduation, and was a doctoral and postdoctoral fellow at UBC in Canada. In April 2019, he was introduced as a high-level talent to teach in the Department of Environmental Engineering, College of Biology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University. However, Mr. Song Kai committed suicide in Nanjing on April 2.
Dr. Song Kai officially joined Nanlin University in April 2019 (high-level talent introduction, associate professor). However, Mr. Song failed to pass the assessment during the first employment period (4 years), lacked a National Natural Science Foundation project, and was demoted by the school (from associate professor to lecturer treatment), and also refunded part of the settling-in fee and house purchase subsidy as required. The scientific research platform and support provided by the school to Mr. Song are very limited, and there is no good academic atmosphere and scientific research team, so he relies on himself.
Song Kai has a humble and easy-going personality, treats people warmly and sincerely, works conscientiously and responsibly, and works normally in school to guide graduate students before committing suicide. Mr. Song's wife is also a teacher at Nanlin University, light industry and food science"
The editor of the official account of the academic idiot explained: The screenshots given by the netizen are only these, and the information is not complete.
The WeChat public account "Civil Engineering Chen Teacher" also released the news of Dr. Song's suicide:
There are also netizens on the Little Wood Worm Forum who talked about this:
Hey, a good person left like this, which really makes the editor sad!
I wish Dr. Song Kai all the best!