A few days ago, an American teacher at a Chinese college named Emily Jane O'Dell (Emily) caused public concern for violating the local government's epidemic prevention and control regulations and making racist remarks on overseas social media. The Global Times reporter learned from the police in Danba County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, Sichuan Province, on the 6th that Emily was previously a teacher at Pittsburgh College of Sichuan University, and on August 4, Emily violated the epidemic prevention and control regulations and had a dispute with the staff, and she posted false and racist remarks on social media that night. On August 12, due to the bad influence caused by his words and deeds, Pittsburgh College of Sichuan University decided to dismiss him. Pursuant to Article 81 of the Exit-Entry Administration Law of the People's Republic of China, Emily left Shanghai on September 2 to return to the United States.
"I think maybe the United States should tie up all the Chinese and Chinese in the United States, and then kick them out of all the hotels and prevent them from leaving their homes, after all, the new crown virus is from Wuhan." Emily posted this seriously racist remark on overseas social media on the evening of August 4, and multiple screenshots from foreign social media show that the American teacher also said that she was "asking for help from the US Embassy" because she was being "kidnapped" by Chinese government personnel, accompanied by several photos of local police, but the police officers in the photos were all kind smiles, which did not match the situation described by Emily. Public information shows that before Emily came to China, she had taught at well-known American colleges and universities such as Columbia University and Harvard University, and had also written articles for many media such as the New York Times and the Heffen Post. At present, Emily has set her "Twitter" social account to a "protected" state, and only accounts that follow her and have her permission can see her content.
Wu Jialin, a police officer in Ganzi Danba County, Sichuan Province, told the Global Times reporter about the causes and consequences of the incident: On July 20, Emily came to Danba County, Ganzi Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture, and stayed in a homestay, but on July 27, due to the rebound of the epidemic situation in Sichuan, the local epidemic prevention and control personnel had to sort out and check the personnel. Querying the epidemic data from 0-24:00 on July 27, it can be seen that there were 5 new confirmed cases of novel coronavirus pneumonia in Sichuan Province on the same day, of which 3 cases were imported from outside the province and 2 cases were imported from abroad.
"On August 4, during the screening process, we asked Emily to show the 'Sichuan Tianfu Health Pass' (Sichuan Health Code) and cooperate with the temperature measurement. According to the prevention and control policy at that time, if there was no nucleic acid report, we would have to persuade her to return, but she refused to cooperate even if she showed the health code in the first step, which would bring huge difficulties and risks to our epidemic prevention and control work. Officer Wu told the Global Times reporter that before the epidemic prevention and control personnel arrived at emily's homestay, three police officers were doing other work and just passed by the homestay," According to the police officer concerned, Emily looked good at the time, and also took the mobile phone to shoot them, out of courtesy, smiled at the camera. ”
On Emily's social media, these police officers who smiled at her were described as "very scary" and "female murderers" (Note: Red Rum means murder in American slang, because these two words are reversed to the English word "Murder"). She even posted asking the U.S. Marine Corps to rescue her from the two "female murderers."
In response to emily's claims on overseas social media on the evening of August 4 that she was "kidnapped" and that the Chinese government sent more than 20 police officers." Officer Wu told the Global Times reporter that its content is completely untrue, Emily initially met with three police officers chatting with her purely passing by, and later after the conflict, there were three police officers from the epidemic prevention and control guarantee, but because Emily is a foreigner, so two police officers responsible for entry and exit management were invited to assist, "A total of no more than 8 police officers appeared at the scene, of which 3 were just passing by." ”
According to the description of the witnesses, when the epidemic prevention and control personnel arrived and asked her to show her health code, she became very emotional and even cried at the scene. However, in the process of epidemic prevention and law enforcement, the police and epidemic prevention and control personnel did not take any compulsory measures and did not have physical contact. The owner of the homestay and other people can confirm it. ”
Later, Emily's social media remarks caused an uproar. Some Chinese netizens believe that Emily may have mental problems, after all, her remarks really look "too crazy". Some foreign netizens also cautioned that the American professor had previously studied "creative writing" and "screenwriting" and suspected that this might be the reason her description was so exaggerated.
The Global Times learned from relevant sources that on August 12, The Pittsburgh College of Sichuan University held a meeting and said that it received a large number of negative comments on Emily's speech and discriminatory and inflammatory remarks, which seriously violated the basic code of conduct of university teachers and caused a serious impact on the international and domestic reputation of the college.
Officer Wu said it was because Emily was making rumors and slurs on social media and had racist remarks. On August 24, the Danba police and the Chengdu police found her for interrogation in accordance with the law, and she confessed to her slander and rumor-mongering. On August 27, the Danba County Public Security Bureau, with the approval of the Sichuan Provincial Public Security Department, imposed Emily on emily for a limited period of time and stayed until September 2 in accordance with article 81 of the Exit-Entry Administration Law of the People's Republic of China.
The Global Times reporter learned from the police that at about 20:00 on the evening of September 2, Emily left the country on a flight to San Francisco from Shanghai. This is based on Article 81 of the Exit-Entry Administration Law of the People's Republic of China: "Foreigners who engage in activities that are inconsistent with the grounds for staying or staying, or who have other circumstances that violate the provisions of Chinese laws and regulations and are not suitable for continued stay in China, may leave the country within a specified period of time." ”
Source: Global Times