Handling of bullies varies at home, overseas

Chinese teens try to settle their problems outside the law, security consultant says

Three students accused of abducting and torturing a fellow Chinese classmate in a brutal case of campus bullying in the United States have put a spotlight on the way students attempt to resolve disputes, both overseas and in China.

In the US, the Chinese students are to be tried near Los Angeles for attacking an 18-year-old woman who was beaten, stripped naked and burned with cigarettes. They have pleaded not guilty to the charges. The high-profile case has prodded a discussion in the US and China about the behavior of Chinese students in the US, how domestic bullying cases are handled and the gang-like behavior that experts say sometimes results when teens are far from home and the watchful eyes of their parents.