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Tsinghua graduates revive nude running tradition

(China Daily)
Updated: 2008-07-24 10:29

Two male graduates from the Academy of Arts and Design of Tsinghua University ran a few laps of their campus courtyard, naked, one night early this month to celebrate their graduation. They then pasted 50 photos of their extended streak on the student and faculty website.

"We hope in this way to make our university more humanistic and to encourage creativity in our classmates," Fu Guiyan, one of the naked runners, said.

School authorities said they regarded the incident as "a personal way of celebrating," but police contacted by media said that running in an unclothed state violates the country's law and that, "they will be punished for doing so if verified."

(Beijing Times)