Friday, September 29, 2006

China denounces art teacher's naked lecture

A Chinese culture ministry official has denounced a university professor who stripped naked in front of students and teachers during an art class.

Mo Xiaoxin, a 56-year-old assistant professor at a university in Changzhou, in eastern Jiangsu province, shocked students by stripping during a lecture on "body art" to emphasize the "power" of the body and to "challenge taboos".

"There are no taboos in the field of research, but to do this directly in the course of teaching is obviously not appropriate," saidTian Junting, a culture ministry official.

"Professor Mo appeared emotionally excited at the time", a student is quoted as saying. "As he was talking, he undid his belt and took off his pants, and stood naked in the middle of the lecture podium."

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