Beijing police give self-defense lessons to students

Beijing police gave lessons on personal safety to students at the Beijing Film Academy on Thursday afternoon as several women around China have disappeared or been assaulted in the past two months.

Similar lessons will be extended to universities as well as middle and primary schools across the city, said Wang Wei, a publicity officer at the Beijing Public Security Bureau.

On Aug 12, Gao Qiuxi, a 19-year-old student in Nanjing, capital of Jiangsu province, was reported missing after she was last seen heading home from school. A month later, Nanjing police confirmed that Gao had been robbed and killed that day.