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No student loans for phone or MP3 owners

A Shanghai university says students who own cell phones or other extravagant products wouldn't be allowed to apply for government tuition grants or loans - a rule that has triggered great controversy among students.

Starting this semester, Donghua University announced that needy students owning products such as cell phones, computers and MP3 players aren't entitled to the national tuition grant of 6,000 yuan (US$723) each year. Grant applicants who are found to own such high-priced toys will be asked to stop using them or give up their grants.

The regulations don't cover students who are preparing to graduate, however, as cell phones are needed during job hunting, Donghua officials said.

"We should stick to the fair play principle to ensure that all grants are given to those who really need them," said Wang Kebin, director of Donghua's student affairs department.

The city has allocated more than 29.44 million yuan in grants to 44,209 local needy university students this year. About 7,500 students enjoyed a tuition exemption, totaling 21.78 million yuan, according to the Shanghai Education Commission.

Normally, students who submit an application would be given a tuition grant after passing an assessment by teachers and fellow students. This year, a student from a single-parent family was expelled from the grant beneficiary list after he refused to give up his cell phone, Donghua said.

"Since the grant is set up to aid study, it is for sure that the money should be spent on the study or daily necessities rather than any other extravagances," Wang said. He added that cell phones and MP3 players are by no means essential for non-graduate students.

The phone-or-grant rule has run into opposition from many students, parents and other universities. "It's unfair for cell phone owners to be deprived of grant opportunities," said Zhu Lin, a local university student. "Cell phones are not rare among students, as they also need to communicate with the outside world."

Shen Minghua from Fudan University's student affairs department, said that students should have the freedom to spend the grants as they see fit. "What if the MP3 player was sent by a relative as a gift or students used their own part-time job income to buy a cell phone."

Wiggles

thats a pretty crazy ruling, but i guess it makes sense.

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yeah somehow

Paco, of Large Cash.

Take into consideration the fact that there are over billion people, I can see the reasoning.

Also, if a person has items of luxury, are they truly needy [?], or just cheap and too lazy to get a job for the summer so to save for tuition.

foxylady

too bad for them

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psili

Exactly.

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chowda

i love it. im gonna do business there in 05.

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groark

Yeah, with it's growing number of internet users, I expect a lot of chinese traffic in the next years..

chowda

nothing online.. offline mainstream importing stuff..

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liquidmoe

Pretty harsh but at the same time makes sense, I wouldn't mind if the American system had a few more stringent and clear cut guidelines for tuition subsidies, would have made my life so much easier, or better yet, I should have just moved to a more socialist nation and had the majority of my tuition covered regardless.

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OzMan

Cool... I am dabbling in Mainstream there.

Can you speak Chinese?
Was it very complicated to get set up as an importer?

chowda

i speak cantonese, so its different than mandarin.

i have family that already does it, so i just follow some basic procedures..

also, having a 10yr visa there helps me more than alot of business travelers.

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crockett

yea but is a computer really a luxury item these days.. I'd almost think for a college student it would be a necessity.

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JohnnyUtah

They shoulda said no loan to any chinks who own cameras...
They woulda kept 100% of the money...

Paco, of Large Cash.

If you do not mind being heavily taxed.

Pornwolf

Is there a way to monetize Chinese internat traffic? I was under the impression that it is a lost hope.

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chowda

sell ringtones, games.

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OzMan

I am currently learning Mandarin. ...yeah I think the standard visas are like 6 months.

spamofon

makes fuckign sense

i saw people driving a jaguar and on welfare at same time

so it is all good

Theo

in a rap videoclip?

axelcat

Weve got a lot of those in los angeles

AdultNex

MTV showed a documentary where Old Dirty Bastard (may he rest in peace) drove up to a welfare center in a limo to get his welfare check.

VeriSexy

WTF, what a messed up system..........

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iFliPcEss

it makes sense, come to think of it, china is a well known producer of celfones especially nokia, and new models cost around $400 or sumthin, and some of them got it, so it means they dont need that $723/ year if they can afford such luxury

tony286

boy they are tough

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NO IN A JEWISH AREA

sean416

thats pretty crazy, but it almost makes sense.

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